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Carleton University November 7, 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! } Consortium of 13 Ontario universities

• Carleton, Guelph, Laurentian, McMaster, Nipissing,

Ottawa, Queen’s, Ryerson, UOIT, Waterloo, Western, Windsor, York

} 9 Research universities in Baden-Württemberg

• Freiburg, Heidelberg, Hohenheim, Karlsruhe (KIT),

Konstanz, Mannheim, Stuttgart, Tübingen, Ulm

} Over 25 Years of successful cooperation } Ca. 2,700 Ontario and Ba-Wü alumni } Supported by universities and governments of

Ontario and Baden-Württemberg

} Coordinating offices in Toronto and Konstanz } Project of government and universities of Ontario } Dedicated, full-time office in Toronto } 4 International student exchange programs } Expert advising pre- and post-departure } Close liaison with network of universities in Ontario

and Baden-Württemberg

} Scholarship support for all eligible Ontario

participants

} Large network of OBW alumni } OBW Student Exchange (“OBW Classic”)

• 1 or 2 semesters of full-time study overseas
• Undergraduate & graduate
• All disciplines (except medicine and dentistry)
• Includes 1-month preparatory program at host university

} OBW Summer Research Program (SRP)

• 2- or 3-month research placements
• Senior undergraduate & graduate
• Science, Engineering, and Health Sciences

} OBW / International Lake Constance University

• 1-month (August), German language and culture
• Undergraduate and graduate
• Open to students in all disciplines

} Full-time, degree-seeking student at home

university in Ontario

} Working toward degree by taking courses or

pursuing research at host university overseas

} Integrated academically and socially into

student life overseas

} Supported by International Student Services

• ffice at host university

} Ambassador for Carleton, OBW program,

Ontario, and Canada

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} How do I respond to new challenges? } Away from home/family/friends? } Enough money? } Can I live without my Timmies? } Do I know anything about my destination

(country, region) beyond clichés?

} Can I live best in a big city? A small city? } Why do I really want to go abroad? } What do I want to learn? } What academic/scientific experience do I

want to accumulate?

} How will this experience contribute in

measurable ways to my university education?

} What do I see as the academic benefits

and/or challenges of studying in a completely new environment?

} What contribution can I make to my host

university?

Why do I want to go on an exchange?

} Adventure and experience? } Personal growth? Looking for a new challenge? } Educational value? } “Resumé Value”? } Seeing Europe from the inside? } Experiencing how other people live? } Learning and/or becoming fluent in German? } Making new friends from around the world? } Doing something different from everyone else? } What else?

} Classical (mediaeval) universities with all disciplines

• Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
• Rupprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
• Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

} Technical (science & engineering) universities

• Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
• Universität Stuttgart
• Universität Ulm

} Others (each with its own specialities)

• Universität Hohenheim
• Universität Konstanz
• Universität Mannheim

Freiburg Karlsruhe Ulm Mannheim Heidelberg Stuttgart Hohenheim Tübingen Konstanz

} Recommended: 2 semesters (full year) } 1 semester is also possible } Most Ba-Wü universities:

• Winter semester = October – mid-February
• Summer semester = April – July

} Mannheim:

• Fall semester = September – December
• Spring semester = February/March – June

} Selection process and timing

• Home university application selection process (Nov./Dec.)
• Ontario selection and placement process (Feb./March)
• Official admission to host university (May/July)

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} Planning the academic program for your exchange } Level of German skills

• Options for summer courses before participation in OBW

Program

• Preparatory 4-week German-immersion course and
• rientation at host university (with scholarship support!)
• Additional language courses for international students at

German university

} Selecting courses

• How many?
• What will be considered equivalent to a full credit-load at

my home university?

• European Credit Transfer System (1 semester, full-time

courseload = 30 ECTS points)

} Apply to Carleton by December 1, 2017. } For Carleton application forms, process, and

application deadline, consult ISSO website

} OBW info and forms can be downloaded from

• bw.ouinternational.ca

} For OBW application you need to:

• Research and name 3 well-researched university choices
• Obtain transcripts and academic letters of recommendation
• Explain your reasons for applying in detail

} OBW students automatically receive a Travel

Bursary through the Exchange Program (no application is necessary)

} 2018-2019 OBW Travel Bursary:

• For one semester

$2,500

• For two semesters

$3,500

• These amounts are approximately equivalent to the

combined cost of transatlantic airfare and compulsory German health insurance

} Other scholarships

• Scholarship during preparatory language course

(approx. 710€ toward tuition and living costs)

• Eligibility for consideration for Baden-Württemberg

Scholarship administered by host university

} OBW Travel Bursary } Exchange-student bursaries from home university? } Eligible for regular home-university merit scholarships,

awards etc…

} Scholarships from other sources

• DAAD? www.daad.org

– Deadline for undergraduate awards: January 31, 2018 – Deadline for graduate awards (most disciplines): November 4, 2017

• Others?
• Baden-Württemberg Scholarships?

} Scholarship support during preparatory language course

and orientation at host university

} You will receive confirmation of acceptance and

your placement from OBW (February/March)

} You will be invited to attend an Orientation

weekend (Toronto, early May)

} You will leave for Germany in early September or

early March; (early August or early January for Mannheim)

} Before start of semester in Germany: 4-week

• rientation and language course at host university

(automatic additional scholarship of 710€)

} For senior undergraduate and graduate students in the

sciences, engineering, and health sciences

} 2 or 3 months in the summer } Research work in lab or with team at a university in BW } Nomination by home university professor } Student must identify host professor and secure an invitation } No knowledge of German required (with consent of host) } Financial support from Ontario ($2,600 or $3,500) } Carleton application deadline: November 15, 2017. } Forms, information, and alumni reports online at

• bw.ouinternational.ca

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} Identifying a potential host professor/institute

• Do your professors here have academic contacts?
• Your own research

} Contacting your potential host

• Some universities: you must write directly to professor
• Some universities: you must write directly to

International Office

} You need…

• For application: statement of host’s willingness to

“adopt” you

• Following acceptance: formal “SRP Duties

Agreement”

} Things to start on now…

• Talk to academic advisors and professors here
• Identify potential host professor
• Make contact (see OBW website for how to do this)
• Solicit invitation to host university
• Work on statement of interest

} Then, by application deadline

• Nomination letter, etc., etc.
• Application to home university, to be nominated to

SRP

} obw.ouinternational.ca

} Tuition fees in Canada } Travel to Germany } German health insurance } Monthly living/studying expenses } One-time expenses during first month (rent deposit,

things for your room, study materials)

} Other expenses (entertainment, etc.) } Other travel in Europe } Financial implications of the different school-year } Living/studying expenses approx. 720€ per month,

including…

• Residence room
• Cooking for yourself and using the Mensa (university

cafeteria)

• Health insurance
• Local transportation
• Telephone, etc.

} Other expenses } Student discounts } 4-week summer program (August), based at the

Universität Konstanz

• German language

– Full range of levels

• Cultures of the Bodensee (Lake Constance) region

– Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein

} Scholarship support ($1,000) } Tuition fee for course: 380€ (2017 amount) } Accommodation in residence: 360€ (2017 amount) } Undergraduate and graduate eligibility

• Free-standing one-month program, or
• Can be combined with OBW exchange stay

} Submit application to Carleton ISSO by February 15,

2018

} Application forms } Links to Baden-Württemberg Universities } Previous participants’ reports } Link to OBW facebook group } FAQ’s } And more!

}obw.ouinternational.ca