Academic Year in Freiburg

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Academic Year in Freiburg

• Welcome to AYF!We hope the following slides
  will spur your curiosity to find out more about
  us!
• For further information contact your
  study-abroad office or visit us online at
  www.ayf.uni-freiburg.de

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What AYF offers ...

• Full-service study abroad program
• Enrollment at Freiburg University
• Credit transfer, grade conversion
• Housing options
• Support staff on site
• Resident Director
• Associate Director
• Student staff

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The AYF Program Center

• Offices of the Resident Director, Associate
  Director
• Advising, assistance
• Resource Room
• Student mailboxes
• Course catalogs
• Travel guides
• Local newspaper

Resource Room during advising
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Academics

• Freiburg University
• 22 000 students
• Excellent reputation
• Enrollment in
• University courses
• AYF program courses
• Advanced language courses
• German, history, art history, English, math,
  economics, philosophy, sociology, ethnology,
  chemistry, gender studies, forestry, etc. ...

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Academics

• RD will help you design a course schedule
• 12 credits minimum for full-time student status
  (not including 3 credits from Sept. language
  course)
• Maximum of 18 credits per semester

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AYF Calendar

• September Orientation, Language Course,
  Advising
• Winter Semester, October February
• Summer Semester, April July
• Lots of time to travel and explore the Black
  Forest, Germany, Europe ...

Schauinsland near Freiburg
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Housing Options

• AYF students live in 13 buildings in six
  different dorms
• All dorms 10-15 minutes from the University
• All rooms wired for the Internet
• 120-140 square feet
• Subsidized rent (198-280 Euros/month)

e.g. Studentendorf Vauban
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Housing Options

• Basic furnishings provided in all dorm rooms
• Closet, bed, desk, chair, reading lamp, book
  shelf
• Kitchens and bathrooms are shared and co-ed

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Student Activities

• Performance possib-ilities
• University orchestra
• 53 musical groups
• Theater group
• Sports
• Intramural program
• Weight room
• Local clubs
• Public pools

Student band with Katie Bailo, AYF, as lead
singer
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Student Activities

• AYF organizes
• Thanksgiving dinner
• Holiday party
• Farewell BBQ
• Freiburg-Madison-Gesellschaft
• Welcome reception
• Brewery tour, wine tasting
• Hikes and outings

AYF Thanksgiving Dinner
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Student Activities

• Freiburg University student life staff organize
  additional events, field trips
• Open stage
• Hikes in the Black Forest, Alsace
• Trips to Paris, Milan, Prague, Salzburg, Berlin
  ...

AYF Student in Switzerland
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Student Activities

• FR centrally located
• Great train system
• Many discounts, e.g., 29 for a night train to
  Berlin
• Cheap flights on Ryan Air etc.
• E.g., 19 to London-Stanstead, one way
• Similar prices to Rome, Paris, Prague ...

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Freiburg A Great Place to Study!

• Martinstor at sunset

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AYF Contact Information

• For additional information, please contact your
  study abroad office.
• Consult www.ayf.uni-freiburg.de
• Or contact AYF via e-mail at info_at_ayf.uni-freibur
  g.de