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Referat II/4 - International Office

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International Office

Your gateway to the world

Benjamin Herges

The International Office is the central destination for international matters of the University of Bamberg, including a variety of different areas of responsibility. This includes the placement of around 500 students wishing to go abroad as exchange students; stipend programs of  the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Fullbright-commission; as well as foreign language assistants of the Pedagogical Exchange Service (PAD).

Jürgen Schabel

Conversely, we take care of around 250 international exchange students and DAAD-scholarship students, including their housing, a three-week German intensive course before the start of each semester, as well as excursions during the semester. Additionally, we receive a few hundred admission forms from international applicants, and we administer the examination for the German Language Certificate (DSH).

Naturally, we also manage ERASMUS-stipends for German exchange students as well as the partner stipends and partly the DAAD-stipends for the international exchange students. The sum of these stipends comes together to multiple hundred thousand Euros and a lot of paper work to get through.

Last but not least we also support around 200 scholars staying in Bamberg each year, as well as some specific tasks that frequently pop up.