Integration
Getting to know Germany and its culture is an important part of your study abroad experience. The Junior Year Program offers a wide range of activities during the Orientation Course as well as throughout the course of the semester, which will introduce the Bonn-Cologne region to you. There are also various other ways to meet Germans and become acquainted with their culture. On this page you can find a number of programs that can help to expand your "Bonn-experience".´
Host Families
Bonn families extend invitations to foreign students to their homes. Signing up for the program will give you a first hand experience of German "family life".
Your host family might invite you for dinner, introduce you to their favorite sights of Bonn or simply meet with you from time to time. They are just as eager to learn about you and your culture as you are to learn about Germany!
Bonn Buddy Program
Program students can sign up for this program before their arrival in Bonn. For further information, please contact the Junior Year Team (junior.year@uni-bonn.de).
You can sign up for a "Bonn Buddy" who will help you to get along in Bonn and at the University during your first semester.
Sprachtandems
If you want to improve your German language skills and at the same time teach your mother tongue to a German native speaker, you can post an advertisement to find a "Sprachtandem" partner on the AStA's homepage.
International Club
Join us for "Kaffeestunde" at the International Club (in the basement of Poppelsdorfer Allee 53) every Tuesday and Thursday during the semester between 12 p.m. and 2 p.m.
You can find the program of events at the International Club
Bonn-Newsletter
Since Fall 2005, we have been sending a newsletter with information on events and important news concerning the university and Bonn to all program students.
Volunteering in Elementary Schools
Working with children is a great way of learning German. A number of elementary schools all over Bonn would like to invite students into their classroom. You can assist teachers with language lessons or during other classes. This program offers great opportunities not only for getting to know German school life and young school kids but also to experience a regular German working atmosphere.
You can sign up for this program at the beginning of the semester. You will then work in a Bonn elementary school on a weekly basis.
For further information, please contact gho@uni-bonn.de
Germany Hands-On
This one-semester internship program offers the opportunity of gaining hands-on working experience in a local business or public institution.
For further Information, please visit the Website of Germany Hands-On.
