Summer Programs at the Technische Universität Darmstadt

This page describes the summer programs for Virginia Tech students at the Technische Universität Darmstadt.

• TU Darmstadt Summer School for North American students
  This program provides five weeks of German language and culture classes (includes excursions to Berlin, etc.). The language classes are offered at four levels; ranging from beginner to advanced. Only minimal (none) German language skills are required for the beginner level. An optional, two-week, unpaid engineering research internship at the university is available (costs: €300 [approximately US$415] for two weeks of additional housing without food).
  DATES: June 16 - July 18, 2008 (internship: July 21 - August 1, 2008)
  COSTS: €1,600 [approximately US$2,225] + food + travel to/from Germany
  TARGET: Undergraduate students with at least one semester remaining of their BS program. Open to all majors.
  DEADLINE: February 15, 2008 -- OIRED APPLICATION FORM: [PDF file, 176 Kbytes]
  DEADLINE: February 28, 2008 -- TUD APPLICATION FORM: http://www.spz.tu-darmstadt.de/summerschool/nas/anmeldung/anmeldung.html
  Virginia Tech point of contact: Prof. Jan Helge Bøhn, Ph.D., TEL: 540-231-3276
  Alumni: Jennifer Steets [jsteets@vt.edu, TEL: 540-961-0555]
• DAAD Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE):
  This program provides six weeks to three months of paid summer research experience at German universities (e.g., the Technische Universität Darmstadt) for undergraduates at U.S. an Canadian universities (e.g., Virginia Tech). The undergraduate student will be supervised by a doctoral student at the German university. German language skills are not required.
  TARGET: Students that have completed two years of undergraduate studies in biology, chemistry, physics, earth sciences, or engineering (or a closely related field)
  STIPEND: €615 [approximately US$850] per month plus health, accident, and personal/private liability insurance
  DEADLINE: January 31, 2008 for summer 2008 (apply directly to DAAD)
  Virginia Tech point of contact: Prof. Jan Helge Bøhn, Ph.D., TEL: 540-231-3276

Scholarship opportunities:

• DAAD: "Hochschulsommerkurse" at German universities scholarship
  STIPEND: €980 [approximately US$1,360] for travel, tuition, room & board
  DEADLINE: January 31, 2007 for summer 2007 (apply directly to DAAD)
• PACE program at Virginia Tech
  These scholarship are restricted to Virginia Tech students that enroll in both the TUD summer school program and its associated two-week internship (7 weeks in total: June 11 - July 27, 2007); OR that enroll in the TUD summer school program and at least six additional weeks of the DAAD RISE program (11 weeks in total).
  STIPEND: US$750 (if awarded DAAD scholarship); US$500 (if applied for DAAD scholarship); US$250 otherwise
  CONTACT: Prof. Jan Helge Bøhn, Ph.D., TEL: 540-231-3276