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Category: Germany

  • Engineering Innovation in my now favourite city, Berlin

    In July of this year, I participated in a Global Short Program in Berlin, Germany, where I studied the subject of engineering innovation. My favourite parts of the experience included practicing the material I had been learning in my core degree in a new international context, exploring a new city, and forming friendships I still…

  • Every day at ‘Mensa’ in TU Berlin

    Last winter break, I studied abroad in Berlin at Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) for two weeks. Arriving from a very long but scenic train ride from Amsterdam the Saturday before, my friend and I dived immediately into the German culture by venturing to the city centre through Tiergarten and the Brandenburg Gate. The next…

  • Window into Mannheim University’s Unique Charm

    I am currently completing my semester abroad in Mannheim, Germany in the last semester of my degree. I was able to choose Mannheim as part of my communications degree, to study my electives overseas. I had to choose from restricted electives, which meant that I could choose any subjects that were humanities-related. In Mannheim, I’m…

  • Experience a mini immersion into daily Berlin life at HTW

    Over the winter break, I had the wonderful opportunity to complete a 3-week global short program in Berlin, Germany with Hochschule fur Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (HTW). This trip served as the conclusion to the 6-month Global Women in Engineering and IT Program, which included three mixed teams of students from UTS, HTW and Swinburne…

  • German language, culture, pork knuckle and apfelstrudel!

    My Global Short Program experience was completed at LMU in Germany, where I was involved in the Munich University Summer Training in German and European Law. During the program, I had the opportunity to learn the basic tenets of the German legal system. Whilst I learnt a lot about German and European law as the…

  • During July I was fortunate enough to get to travel to HTW in Berlin, Germany to finish off the last part of my capstone project. It had been a 6-month long journey which began in Sydney earlier this year when HTW students came to UTS for the program’s start. We worked collaboratively online over the…

  • Modern Cloud Project with Java at TU Berlin

    Hi! My name is Erica and I’m in my final year of Electrical Engineering. In July 2023, I had the opportunity to travel to Berlin, Germany to attend a two-week program at Technische Universität Berlin. I touched down in the Netherlands two weeks before my program start date and took the long route to Berlin.…

  • Summer in Germany

    In July 2023 I had the opportunity to travel abroad and live the student life in a country I had never been to before. Berlin, the capital of Germany, is a vibrant, bustling city which offers a range of activities for all people. I arrived the weekend before classes started and settled into the hotel…

  • Travel to Berlin as young architects

    Traveling to Berlin as part of our studio was an enriching way to develop our projects, understand alternate ways of managing sustainability and climate change in a different climate, and learn about architecture through the rich history and a diverse range of architectural styles in Berlin. Some of the architectural highlights from the trip included…

  • Winter in Berlin at the Technische Universität

    Hallo! My name is Brianna, and during January 2023, I completed a Global Short Program course at the Technische Universität in Berlin. Arriving in Berlin, I had no idea what to expect and felt absolutely lost when I stepped out of the plane all alone. However, I soon found out that all I needed to…