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As an American student studying for a PhD in Germany, I would say that basically all of the reasons listed here could be applied to Germany as well (except mayb
by asifjamil 13y ago
As an American student studying for a PhD in Germany, I would say that basically all of the reasons listed here could be applied to Germany as well (except maybe the 30% rule).
- pame_paralia 13y agoI had the impression that is quite hard to survive in Germany just with English.
- sentenza 13y agoIt depends on what you mean by survive. If you work in an academic context, you will get by with English for work purposes just fine. I personally know various PhD students, postdocs and professors that use only English in their work life. There are, of course exceptions. I could imagine that you might run into trouble in a very small university (as in only teaches brewery engineering) or in a medium-sized university in east Germany. As to general life, it depends. In population centers you usually always find somebody who speaks English. In rural areas, it might be a bit more difficult. My recommendation is: If you don't understand or can't make yourself understood, just look for somebody below the age of 30 and you will soon enough find an ad-hoc translator. Nonetheless, if you want to inmerse yourself in the culture and feel "at home", you have to learn the language. This, however, is the case for every place on the planet.
- keiferski 13y agoAny thoughts on Americans studying for MA's and PhD's in Koln/Cologne?
- asifjamil 13y agoI've heard many good things about Cologne, but most of them being more geared to the touristic/cultural side of the city. It's apparently one of the most multi-cultural cities after Berlin I think.
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