Free Education in Germany

German Universities have had a great allure for students from all over the world. With its central location in the heart of the continent, Germany is the hub of Europe; it’s the economic and technological powerhouse of the united Europe that is increasingly coming to occupy the place it justly deserves in the world political arena. A lot of international students flock to Germany for the tuition free studies in the public universities. It is a politically safe and welcoming country. The cost of living in Germany is reasonable as compared to the other countries in Europe. Germany has a temperate climate with cool summers and mild winters. It is known as a land of poets and thinkers and has produced many celebrated composers and philosophers. It also boasts of many famous inventions like the automobile. The country has good employment rates and has Europe’s highest economy. Germany also happens to be a leader in climate and energy policies. Popular cities are Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt etc.

Education in Germany for all courses other than management is by and large free for all. However the major hurdle in studying in Germany is the medium of instruction. Most universities run courses which are German taught or partly German and partly English taught. Very few courses and usually at Masters Level are taught fully in English. Immersing yourself in the German language may be part of your goal for your term abroad. Regardless, you’ll quickly find that even if you do learn more than just a little German, you will rarely even be given the opportunity to practice it once people realize you’re a native English speaker.

Tuition free education in the public universities of Germany is the number one reason of studying there. Germany offers excellent curriculum and infrastructure. More and more degree programs are being offered in English in Germany. It has around 450 state accredited universities that offer 17, 600 degree programs. The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is a very famous scholarship organization in the offering countless scholarship programs to applicants. German degrees are known for quality and are immensely valued in the job market. The German Visa is valid for 27 Schengen countries including Austria, Denmark, France, Greece and others.

Germany has all the core elements a college student needs to have a fun, interesting and invigorating experience studying abroad. These core elements of Germany will hold true, regardless of the university and the part of the country you choose to study and reside in. If you don’t speak German, from a language perspective the most important thing is to get the knack for how to say written German words from a phrasebook so people will actually recognize them.

 

First and Secondary Education (Primary Education System)

Compulsory education in Germany is from the age of 6 to 15 years. School children are in primary school (Grundschule) for four years in most of the federal states, apart from Berlin and Brandenburg where primary school finishes after grade 6. There are different types of secondary schools, starting with grade 5 or 7 and finishing with grade 10 or 12 with different school leaving certificates.
 

Higher Education

There are also different types of higher education institutions divided into: universities (Universitäten, Technische Hochschulen/Technische Universitäten, Pädagogische Hochschulen), and colleges of art and music (Kunsthochschulen and Musikhochschulen), and Fachhochschulen (colleges of applied sciences). All these institutions are undergoing a reorganization since the early 1990s. With the introduction of the internationally comparable Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. programmes, the qualification of a new generation of academics and scientific study is the focus of future development.
 

Undergraduate

Undergraduate studies were until recently the basic studies (Grundstudium) of a Diploma or Master program, generally taking four semesters (2 academic years) and finishing with an intermediate examination (Diplom-Vorprüfung, Zwischenprüfung). Students are then enabled to follow their studies in the second stage of Hauptstudium, taking another 4 semesters with the 5th being the preparatory semester for taking the final exams, the Diplomprüfung or the Magisterprüfung or State Exam (for Law and subjects for becoming a teacher).

The new graduation system of the Bachelor as an undergraduate program instead of the basic studies program has already been introduced in Germany with the aim of achieving an internationally competitive degree and studying in a condensed, shortened time of 3 years.

Graduate

The advanced studies (Hauptstudium) form the second stage to the final examination, takes five semesters at least. The final exams still are the Diplom and Magister, but they are slowly replaced by the Master degree. The Magister study involves either two equally weighed major subjects or a mixture of one major and two minor subjects. According to the new graduation system, after having completed the Bachelor’s studies, a Master of Arts/Science is the successfully achieved title after two years of studying.

A Doctoral degree can only be achieved at universities. The time of doctoral studies, the Promotion, has duration of 2 to 4 years of independent scientific research, the public presentation and defence of the thesis. The Diplom/Erstes Staatsexamen/Magister Artium/Master of Arts/Science are the preconditions for taking Doctoral studies.

Germany’s Education Cost

The expenses to be incurred for studying in Germany can comprise of tuition fees, living costs and insurance etc. The cost also depends on what degree you are pursuing i.e. Technical, Management etc. and also varies according to the type of institutes i.e. public or private. Most of the technical programs in Germany will not be having any tuition fees and the students would have to pay a minimal amount of approximately € 500 per semester. The living cost in Germany is approximately € 8700 per year. However if the student is going for any of the business programs then the average tuition fee would be approximately € 11000 to € 14000.
 

Courses for Mechanical, Aeronautical, Marine, Automobil

  • Masters Automotive
  • Masters in Design and Development
  • Masters in Mechanical Engineering
  • Masters in Commercial Vehicle Technology
  • Masters in Energy
  • Masters in Power Engineering
  • Masters in Quality Control
  • Masters in Waste water Process Engineering
  • Masters in Computational Engineering
  • Masters in Material science
  • Masters in Mechatronics
  • Masters in Signal Processing and communication engineering
  • Masters in Automation and IT
  • Masters in Automation control
  • Masters in Automation and Robotics
  • Masters in Autonomous System
  • Masters in Biomedical Engineering
  • Masters in Communication and Multimedia Engineering
  • Masters in Computational Science and engineering
  • Masters in Computers and Communication Technology
  • Masters in Micro and Nano Systems
  • Masters in Electrical Communication Engineering
  • Masters in Electrical Engineering
  • Masters in Electrical Engineering and Embedded system
  • Masters in Embedded system
 

Courses for Mechanical, Aeronautical, Marine, Automobile

  • Masters in Mechatronics
  • Masters in Electrical and IT
  • Masters in Electrical Power Engineering
  • Masters in Neuroengineering
  • Masters in Information and Communication system
  • Masters in Information Engineering
  • Masters in Laser and Photonics
  • Masters in Embedded system for Mechatronics
  • Masters in Communication Technology
  • Masters in Communication system and Network
  • Masters in Computer Engineering
  • Masters in Electrical Systems Engineering
  • Masters in Control, Microsystem and Micro Electronics