Courses are available in a full range of humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, music theory. Limited to advanced students are courses in math, physics, chemistry, law, education, medicine, agriculture, and exotic languages. After the pre-session, students are tested for language ability and placed in the regular or the intensive program, not necessarily dependent on the number of courses taken. In addition, the students choose a course from a small group of courses taught in English expressly for them. The program arranges for students to live in dormitory rooms.
Students generally live in single-room university dormitories.
Students are responsible for paying the Auslandsamt directly for their housing . Program students are also eligible to eat in any of the university cafeterias. The cafeterias serve excellent food at very reasonable rates. Students are assigned to dorms on a space available basis. Students are scattered among Germans and other international students.