9th Summerschool: June 4 – June 29, 2012

Students from Singapore have the opportunity to participate in a four-week program at the Technische Universität Darmstadt from June 4 – June 29, 2012.

Participants will have the chance to extend their knowledge of the German language and culture. In addition to an intensive German language course, the Centre for Language Studies will organize excursions to Frankfurt and other destinations in and around Darmstadt, and provide opportunities for participants to meet other university students.

TU Darmstadt, founded in 1836, offers a wide range of subjects, not only in the traditional fields of natural and engineering sciences, but also in social sciences and humanities. The combination of engineering and economic studies, including foreign languages and study abroad experiences, enables graduates to compete on the international job market. Foreign students constitute more than 18 per cent of TU Darmstadt's 19.000 students, which is significantly higher than the average 8 per cent at German universities. Ín addition, TU Darmstadt maintains scientific cooperation on a contractual basis with more than 65 partner universities all over the world.

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Surrounded by the densely wooded recreational areas of the Odenwald and the Bergstraße, Darmstadt is situated 30 km south of Frankfurt and 60 km north of Heidelberg. It is situated in the heart of the southern Rhine-Main-Area, which is one of Europe´s most commercially flourishing regions. In addition, Darmstadt is only twenty minutes drive from the international airport in Frankfurt am Main.

With a population of about 140.000, Darmstadt is a city without skyscrapers, urban motorways or extensive office and administration blocks but with a face that is still characterized by Darmstadt´s development into the grand-ducal residence to which many urban features bear witness. Take, for example, the baroque castle in the city centre facing the old town hall built at the time of the Renaissance or the great number of parks and small castles spreading across the municipal area.

“Darmstadt keeps the arts alive”. This advertising slogan enscapulates Darmstadt's ambience. The city boasts both an Art Nouveau museum and Art Nouveau villas at the Mathildenhöhe, an artists' quarter on Rosenhöhe, a Porzellanschlößchen (which houses an exhibition of precious porcelain from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries), a Landesmuseum (the Hessen State Museum), and the theatre of the state of Hessen.

In 1997 the city´s name was officially changed to Wissenschaftsstadt Darmstadt (Darmstadt – City of Science) in recognition of the city´s many public and private scientific institutions, research-orientated branches of industry, and three institutions of higher education. It is a well-known location of chemical and specialized engineering companies, as well as the Graphic Trades (Publishing, Printing and Paper Processing). Darmstadt is also recognized as a major centre of Information and Communication Technology. Over the last few years, numerous software firms have been founded in the area, giving Darmstadt the additional title of “the Secret Software Capital” of Germany.

Read more about the history of Darmstadt (in English)