These students must go through their home universities. It is located in the heart of downtown Freiburg. With about 190,000 inhabitants, Freiburg provides a variety of cultural activities including many concerts. Only 40 miles from the Swiss and 14 miles from the French borders, it offers convenient access to Basel and Strasbourg. In some years the program may run as late as the end of July.
Students begin the year with a pre-session of approximately four weeks.
The focus of the pre-session orientation course is intensive language acquisition and includes a broad cultural introduction to the region as well. Students will receive 3 credits for the pre-session. Students enroll in a combination of specially-designed program courses and regular university courses. A course catalog for regular courses is available in Freiburg bookstores a few weeks before the semester begins. The program offers intensive language courses that help students to improve their German language skills rapidly.