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Study Abroad Why Choose the Macalester German Study Away Program? Academic strength: A six-month program of serious study, conducted entirely in German, that yields students with a high proficiency in German and with cultural sophistication. Learn by Comparing: Our two-part program is your chance to live in Germany and Austria (no, they're not the same!), to get to know two major cosmopolitan centers, to experience a family stay and dorm life, to sample Europe's vastly different educational system. Academic Range: Curricular offerings include an eight-week intensive German language course at the prestigious Goethe Institute in Berlin, two program-specific courses on culture, cultural politics, and history, and two courses in disciplines of the student's own choosing at the University of Vienna. Success and Longevity: We have three decades experience running the program. Over 50 program alumni have gone on to win prestigious Fulbright Fellowships for study or teaching in Austria or Germany. Not just Work: We leave time for exploration and travel; trips to Prague and Budapest, two major Eastern European metropolises, are part of the program. Mentorship: A Macalester faculty member directs the Vienna portion of the program. "Real-Life" experience: An internship offers a different perspective on life and work in Europe. Program overview Study Abroad Program description Program details Courses, Credits, Prerequisites, etc. Photo Album Pictures from the program Did You Know that... ... Berlin has three large opera houses, four free opera ensembles, a brand new musical theater, eight symphony and ten chamber orchestras, and more than 800 choirs? ... that you can still see a 1.3 kilometer-long section of the original Berlin Wall? ... England's Diana and Argentina's Evita have an Austrian rival--the adulated Empress Sissy? Visit her work-out room (which scandalized 19th century Vienna)! ... you can visit Vienna's underground canalization system if you take The Third Man Walking Tour (seeing the sites of the famous Orson Welles movie about post-war Vienna)? ... there's a building in Vienna whose architect shot himself because he forgot the toilets? ... Vienna has the only Burial Museum in the world (where you can see the re-usable coffin in which Mozart was buried)? ... that you can rent a 21-speed bike from the Vienna train station and spend all day exploring the Danube valley?