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OBW Exchange presentation - Carleton U 7 November 2017 } 1 of 16 German Länder } At the centre of Europe } Black Forest } Mercedes Benz } Close to the Alps } France, Switzerland, Bavaria } Great food and wines } 9 Excellent universities } Stuttgart Ballet } Great public transportation } 3 Bundesliga teams! Carleton University November 7, 2017 } Consortium of 13 Ontario universities } Project of government and universities of Ontario ◦ Carleton , Guelph, Laurentian, McMaster, Nipissing, } Dedicated, full-time office in Toronto Ottawa, Queen’s, Ryerson, UOIT, Waterloo, Western, } 4 International student exchange programs Windsor, York } 9 Research universities in Baden-Württemberg ◦ Freiburg, Heidelberg, Hohenheim, Karlsruhe (KIT), Konstanz, Mannheim, Stuttgart, Tübingen, Ulm } Expert advising pre- and post-departure } Over 25 Years of successful cooperation } Close liaison with network of universities in Ontario } Ca. 2,700 Ontario and Ba-Wü alumni and Baden-Württemberg } Supported by universities and governments of } Scholarship support for all eligible Ontario Ontario and Baden-Württemberg participants } Coordinating offices in Toronto and Konstanz } Large network of OBW alumni } OBW Student Exchange (“OBW Classic”) } Full-time, degree-seeking student at home ◦ 1 or 2 semesters of full-time study overseas university in Ontario ◦ Undergraduate & graduate } Working toward degree by taking courses or ◦ All disciplines (except medicine and dentistry) pursuing research at host university overseas ◦ Includes 1-month preparatory program at host university } OBW Summer Research Program (SRP) } Integrated academically and socially into ◦ 2- or 3-month research placements student life overseas ◦ Senior undergraduate & graduate } Supported by International Student Services ◦ Science, Engineering, and Health Sciences } OBW / International Lake Constance University office at host university ◦ 1-month (August), German language and culture } Ambassador for Carleton , OBW program, ◦ Undergraduate and graduate Ontario, and Canada ◦ Open to students in all disciplines 1

OBW Exchange presentation - Carleton U 7 November 2017 } How do I respond to new challenges? } What do I want to learn? } What academic/scientific experience do I } Away from home/family/friends? want to accumulate? } Enough money? } How will this experience contribute in } Can I live without my Timmies? measurable ways to my university education? } Do I know anything about my destination } What do I see as the academic benefits (country, region) beyond clichés? and/or challenges of studying in a completely } Can I live best in a big city? A small city? new environment? } Why do I really want to go abroad? } What contribution can I make to my host university? Why do I want to go on an exchange? } Classical (mediaeval) universities with all disciplines ◦ Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg } Adventure and experience? ◦ Rupprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg } Personal growth? Looking for a new challenge? ◦ Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen } Educational value? } Technical (science & engineering) universities } “Resumé Value”? ◦ Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) } Seeing Europe from the inside? ◦ Universität Stuttgart } Experiencing how other people live? ◦ Universität Ulm } Learning and/or becoming fluent in German? } Others (each with its own specialities) } Making new friends from around the world? ◦ Universität Hohenheim } Doing something different from everyone else? ◦ Universität Konstanz } What else? ◦ Universität Mannheim } Recommended: 2 semesters (full year) Mannheim } 1 semester is also possible Heidelberg } Most Ba-Wü universities: ◦ Winter semester = October – mid-February Karlsruhe ◦ Summer semester = April – July Stuttgart Hohenheim } Mannheim: ◦ Fall semester = September – December Tübingen Ulm ◦ Spring semester = February/March – June } Selection process and timing ◦ Home university application selection process (Nov./Dec.) Freiburg ◦ Ontario selection and placement process (Feb./March) ◦ Official admission to host university (May/July) Konstanz 2

OBW Exchange presentation - Carleton U 7 November 2017 } Planning the academic program for your exchange } Apply to Carleton by December 1, 2017. } Level of German skills } For Carleton application forms, process, and ◦ Options for summer courses before participation in OBW application deadline, consult ISSO website Program ◦ Preparatory 4-week German-immersion course and } OBW info and forms can be downloaded from orientation at host university (with scholarship support!) obw.ouinternational.ca ◦ Additional language courses for international students at German university } For OBW application you need to: } Selecting courses ◦ Research and name 3 well-researched university choices ◦ How many? ◦ Obtain transcripts and academic letters of recommendation ◦ What will be considered equivalent to a full credit-load at ◦ Explain your reasons for applying in detail my home university? ◦ European Credit Transfer System (1 semester, full-time courseload = 30 ECTS points) } OBW students automatically receive a Travel } OBW Travel Bursary Bursary through the Exchange Program (no } Exchange-student bursaries from home university? application is necessary) } Eligible for regular home-university merit scholarships, } 2018-2019 OBW Travel Bursary: awards etc… ◦ For one semester $2,500 } Scholarships from other sources ◦ For two semesters $3,500 ◦ DAAD? www.daad.org ◦ These amounts are approximately equivalent to the – Deadline for undergraduate awards: January 31, 2018 combined cost of transatlantic airfare and compulsory – Deadline for graduate awards (most disciplines): November 4, 2017 German health insurance ◦ Others? } Other scholarships ◦ Baden-Württemberg Scholarships? ◦ Scholarship during preparatory language course } Scholarship support during preparatory language course (approx. 710 € toward tuition and living costs) and orientation at host university ◦ Eligibility for consideration for Baden-Württemberg Scholarship administered by host university } For senior undergraduate and graduate students in the } You will receive confirmation of acceptance and sciences, engineering, and health sciences your placement from OBW (February/March) } 2 or 3 months in the summer } You will be invited to attend an Orientation } Research work in lab or with team at a university in BW weekend (Toronto, early May) } Nomination by home university professor } You will leave for Germany in early September or } Student must identify host professor and secure an invitation early March; (early August or early January for } No knowledge of German required (with consent of host) Mannheim) } Financial support from Ontario ($2,600 or $3,500) } Before start of semester in Germany: 4-week } Carleton application deadline: November 15, 2017 . orientation and language course at host university } Forms, information, and alumni reports online at obw.ouinternational.ca (automatic additional scholarship of 710 € ) 3

OBW Exchange presentation - Carleton U 7 November 2017 } Identifying a potential host professor/institute } Things to start on now… ◦ Do your professors here have academic contacts? ◦ Talk to academic advisors and professors here ◦ Your own research ◦ Identify potential host professor } Contacting your potential host ◦ Make contact (see OBW website for how to do this) ◦ Some universities: you must write directly to professor ◦ Solicit invitation to host university ◦ Some universities: you must write directly to ◦ Work on statement of interest International Office } Then, by application deadline } You need… ◦ Nomination letter, etc., etc. ◦ For application: statement of host’s willingness to ◦ Application to home university, to be nominated to “adopt” you ◦ Following acceptance: formal “SRP Duties SRP Agreement” } obw.ouinternational.ca } Tuition fees in Canada } Living/studying expenses approx. 720 € per month, including… } Travel to Germany ◦ Residence room } German health insurance ◦ Cooking for yourself and using the Mensa (university cafeteria) } Monthly living/studying expenses ◦ Health insurance } One-time expenses during first month (rent deposit, ◦ Local transportation things for your room, study materials) ◦ Telephone, etc. } Other expenses (entertainment, etc.) } Other expenses } Other travel in Europe } Student discounts } Financial implications of the different school-year } 4-week summer program (August), based at the } Application forms Universität Konstanz } Links to Baden-Württemberg Universities ◦ German language – Full range of levels } Previous participants’ reports ◦ Cultures of the Bodensee (Lake Constance) region } Link to OBW facebook group – Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein } Scholarship support ($1,000) } FAQ’s } Tuition fee for course: 380 € (2017 amount) } And more! } Accommodation in residence: 360 € (2017 amount) } Undergraduate and graduate eligibility } obw.ouinternational.ca ◦ Free-standing one-month program, or ◦ Can be combined with OBW exchange stay } Submit application to Carleton ISSO by February 15, 2018 4