Germany | Berlin

Housing options are dependent upon availability. LVC’s preference is for students to be placed in a homestay where breakfast and dinner will be provided. If a homestay is not available, students will be placed in a shared apartment with a kitchenette for self-catered meals.

Students attend FU-BEST, an institution for American study abroad students located at the Freie Universität, one of Germany’s premier institutions of higher education, in the Southwest sector of Berlin. The university was founded in 1948 and has an enrollment of approximately 30,000 students.

Sample courses include:

• Modern German History in European Context: A Thematic Approach (three credits)
• Islam and Europe: Historical and Contemporary Dimensions (three credits)
• Integration, Conflict, and Security in Europe (three credits)
• Perspectives on 20th Century Art in Central Europe (three credits)
• German Cinema to 1945 (three credits)
• Literatur und Film in Deutschland nach der Vereinigung (Taught in German) (three credits)
• Jewish Life in Central Europe
• European Business Cultures
• The Human Condition and Totalitarian Experience (three credits)

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• LVC tuition and fees
• Homestay option: LVC room and partial board
• Apartment option: LVC room

Travel and personal expenses are NOT included in these fees. Fees are subject to change.

Financial Aid Policy

Most LVC Students will receive their financial aid in full for all semester-long study abroad and study away programs. Allwein scholars will receive 50% of their full-tuition scholarship for semester-long study abroad and study away programs. The $2,500/year Allwein stipend may be used to supplement the reduction in scholarship. Tuition Exchange and Tuition Remission recipients will receive the value of the Mary A. Weiss Scholarship for semester-long study abroad programs. The value will be the equivalent to the value awarded to the same year’s incoming class. Additional LVC study abroad scholarship funding, based on eligibility, is available for this program.

Fall Semester

• Applications should be received by March 1
• $25 deposit is due with application*
• Accepted students will owe a $175 program deposit by the application deadline*
• Packet of forms is due by April 1
• Length of stay: Early September to mid-December
• Approximately 14-17 credits

Spring Semester

• Applications should be received by October 1.
• $25 deposit is due with application*
• Accepted students will owe a $175 program deposit by the application deadline*
• Packet of forms is due by November 15
• Length of stay: Early January to late April
• Approximately 14-17 credits

* The $200 program deposit will be credited to the student’s account in the Business Office for the start of the off-campus semester. The $200 deposit will be forfeited on student withdrawal from the program.

German and English

Students from any major who are in good academic standing (3.0 GPA) and have completed at least GMN 101 at LVC may apply.

Field trips to museums, concerts, and operas are an integral part of the course work and are carefully planned to take advantage of the rich history and culture of the locale. A one-week excursion will be taken inside Germany and/or another European country. The exact destinations vary and are determined by FU-BEST at the beginning of the program.