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It is almost NewYear and here I am to sumarize the posts that are available in this blog, to give an overview and help you with the admissions. In this post, you can find the pointers to various articles that I have written along with a short description. I hope that this will be useful and guide you through the right path. You can read and understand many procedures and steps regarding admissions and living in Germany. But, there are quite a lot of things, that you can learn by experience and that is the sole motive of starting this blog, so as to educate the new students who might struggle with the applications and help them choose the right path. Image source: Google This will act like an article index and you can read each of the below posts separately. Free Education in Germany This was my first article and I know it looks very amateur-ish. But, I wanted to start writing and it was almost 2 years back. I still remember that, the only reason that I started to blog a...

International students from non-EU countries might need to pay to attend universities soon. Few months back, a new law has been passed by the “baden-württemberg” state in south-west Germany. The re-introduction of fees will be effective from Wintersemester 2017/18. The most notable universities in this state of Germany are Uni Freiburg, Uni Stuttgart and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. It is believed that this cost will be soon extended across the country in few years. So, who will be exempted from this law? The erasmus countries, the non-EU students who have permanent resident status in Europe and refugees who have the right to stay. All the other students from non-EU countries need to pay €1500 per semester. Let’s do a rough calculation, for the total expenses keeping in mind that the student applies for an 2 year Masters course at Uni Stuttgart. So, 2 years means 4 semesters - €6000; then for the living expenses the student needs to show 8640 per year - €17280. In ...

There are many websites which provide the information about how to open a Blocked account and how to deposit money, but this article will dig deeper into the aspects and doubts that everyone will have regarding the Blocked account. What is a blocked accout(Sperrkonto)? All foreign students from non-EU countries are required to meet their own living costs when studying in Germany. In order to get a valid VISA, the student has to open an blocked account with a specified amount of money in a German bank account(eg. Deutsche bank, Sparkasse, Commerzbank) and the block the amount with the Federal republic of Germany as beneficiary. Who can open a blocked account? Only student can open this account and you need to enclose the admission letter. When can you start paying the money? You can start as soon as you receive the email from Deutsche Bank German office with your account details. How can you pay the money? Money transfer or direct deposit in cash. Please ...

There are many students who are applying for higher studies in Germany. Some of them are really confused on whether to choose a course that is completely offered/taught in English or to choose a course that is offered in German language. Let me hit some spotlight on these issues and find my opinions and thoughts below: Read more:  Education in Germany: English courses VS German courses

The blissful feeling that you get when you get an admit from your dream university is priceless. But, many of your friends, colleagues, acquaintances won’t know the struggle that you had underwent to get that admit. What if, you aren’t able to get an admit? What will you do? What are the things that may go wrong with your application? Let me explain the pitfalls to you. Finding the right courses: To begin with, this the first step that many of the students go wrong. I agree that DAAD offers an excellent database of courses that are available. But, many of the students do not know to go through the course website and get to know the subjects. For example, if a student has a degree in Electronics and wants to pursue Masters in Image processing domain. He will goto the DAAD website and search for Image processing. The thing here is that, there won’t be a course titled as “Masters in Image processing”. So after tedious searching, the student settles for a course in Computati...