Welcome and Orientation Week

"I chose RWU because the size of the university makes it easier to find contacts. It's very personal and the professors can respond to students individually." That's what Vaibhav Shashikant Badgujar says. He is 23 years old, comes from India and will begin his mechatronics studies at RWU in October.

RWU welcomes its new international students in the weeks leading up to the official start of the semester. The International Office organizes the Welcome and Orientation Week. In addition to RWU's procedures, the week also covers cultural topics, registration and insurance, and, of course, making new contacts.

80 new international students start their studies at RWU in the winter semester. Most of them come to Weingarten for their entire studies and will be taking English-language courses at RWU. This international offering is being further expanded at the university in Weingarten. For example, an English-language study option in mechanical engineering was added last summer semester.

"The people here are nice and open. They try to solve your problems."

But it also happens that students from overseas join the German-language degree programs. They already bring German language skills with them because they attended a German school or because German was spoken in their parents' home. This is the case with Annie Schlemmer, for example. She comes from South Carolina in the USA and became aware of RWU while looking for a media design course. In the end, however, she opted for the Internet and Online-Marketing bachelor's degree.

A second large part of the international students comes to Weingarten as exchange students for one or two semesters. Such exchange semesters often take place within the framework of the Erasmus program, so that the majority come from European countries. This is also the case for Nicolás Hernández Alonso from Madrid. He is studying industrial engineering and says, "Here at RWU I can combine courses in my field individually." His first days in Oberschwaben have already convinced the 21-year-old: "The people here are nice and open. They try to solve your problems."