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10 Reasons to Study in Germany:

1) Location, Location, Location

Situated in the southwestern part of Germany, Baden-Württemberg shares its borders with France, Switzerland, and Austria. This region is filled with picturesque beauty and historical landmarks: Heidelberg Castle, the Black Forest, Lake Constance.

2) Business and Industry

Germany is a powerful economic engine within Europe. Some of the world’s most successful companies are located here: Mercedes-Benz (Daimler-Chrysler), Porsche, and the German computer software giant SAP.

3) Viniculture Museum

Stuttgart is the largest wine producing city in Germany and hosts the wine museum.

4) Education

About 250,000 foreigners are studying at German universities, making it the third most popular host country for international students after the USA and UK.

5) German Language

With over 100 million native speakers, German is the most widely-spoken first language in Europe. The strength of German business and industry and the increasing global activity of German companies and corporations means that the German language is also gaining significance in the international market.

6) Nobel Prize

To date, a total of 78 German researchers have received the Nobel Prize, thereof 28 in Chemistry, 24 in Physics and 15 in Medicine.

7) Athletes

Boris Becker, Steffi Graf (tennis stars), and Jürgen Klinsmann (soccer) are from BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG.

8) For Young and Old Kids

Märklin and Steiff have been familiar names around the world for over 100 years. While Märklin presented the first toy train on tracks in 1891, the Steiff company introduced the ever-popular teddy bear in 1902.

9) Academy Baden-Württemberg

The Film Academy Baden-Württemberg is one of the most renowned international film schools. The project-oriented curriculum triggers learning-by-doing during all the different stages of film and television production. Experts from the film and media business instruct the students in scriptwriting, directing, cinematography, editing, animation, film & TV design, production design, film music/sound design, and production. 8% of the students come from all over the world.

The Pop Academy Baden-Württemberg offers courses in music business and pop-music design. The music business course spans the domain from artistic enterprise to the management of pop music. The pop-music-design course further trains pop musicians, who will create multimedia works of art in all available forms, using electronic production methods, and distribute the works themselves. At the moment, 3% of the students come from foreign countries.

10) Stuttgart Festival

(Cannstatter Volksfest/Cannstatter Wasen in German). The first official festival took place in 1818 to celebrate the opening of what is now the University of Hohenheim, which was founded to optimize harvests and is now the oldest remaining university with an emphasis on agriculture. From its beginnings the festival was a tremendous success with more than 30,000 participants attending in the first year alone. Over the years, the Cannstatter Wasen grew larger and gained regional significance. During the 19th century the celebration lasted only one, later three, then four and five days in the 1920s. At the start of the 1950s the festival was extended to ten, then twelve, and finally 16 days since 1972. First there were only a few festival stands, but by 1860 the arrangement of three main streets and numerous side streets, as it is still organized today, was introduced to handle the ever-increasing number of visitors. The Stuggart Festival usually takes place in September/October.

 

 

Updated: Monday, March 2, 2009

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