₦airaland Forum

seanwilliam:
which is better?

seanwilliam:
u are right bro. i respect ur opinion but we choose to ignore FACT most times to satisfy our desire. #fact, america aint mate with germany, compare germany with russia/japan

seanwilliam:
stop deceiving ur self for cheap like on nairaland. if you are given resident+job in the two, which will u choose?. America is and will be the greatest( whatever greatness means to u ) country in the world

chimax1:
na wa oo. This is not encouraging at alll

Hadampson:
Odimbannamdi

Tübingen, Baden Württemberg

Education: Studies here has been really nice and very tough. I'm currently studying MSc in Management and Economics. There are only one University in Tübingen which is the famous/prestigious University of Tübingen. The University spread across the length and breath of the entire city. There is no where you will go in Tübingen that you will not feel the presence of the University. Our professors here are very brilliant and smart. Educational system in Germany is highly intensive. If you are going for any Economics or Finance related courses you have to be very good in calculations. In fact very good is just an understatement you have to be extremely good in Maths. Be prepared to see some Mathematical symbols you have never came across in your entire life. And also try as much as possible to learn/improve on your computer skills. Be also prepared for presentations. I have 3 individual presentations to carry out this semester. I did two last semester they were fantastic. I never knew that I will be able to get it right because I was not used in making public speech. Exams are really tough here and grading system here is different from what we have in Nigeria. Professors don't award marks easily you have to work very hard to earn your grades. The marking scheme here is absolutely strict. To score a 1.0 here you need 95% and above. In general anything from 2.5 and below is considered good especially if an institute is doing high quality research like lmuhopeful rightly said.

Housing/Accommodation: Living in student dormitory is cheap you can get an accommodation shared/flat for 208, 217 Euros etc in old buildings. There are a lot of ancient buildings here dated back to the time of Johann Wolfgang Goethe and Martin Luther the reformer. If you want to live in the same building Goethe lived when he was writing his poetry it is possible grin grin grin and also from 245Euros for accommodation in skyscrapers. Private accommodation are a little bit expensive but not as in big cities.

Transportation: Tübingen semester ticket is not encouraging at all. Stuttgart is just 30km which is less than one hour drive by bus or train yet our semester ticket does not even cover Esslingen let alone Stuttgart. In fact Barden Wuttemberg semester tickets are like that. You can only enjoy semester ticket in this state if you are studying in a big city like Stuttgart and semi-big cities like Mannhiem, Kalshure, Freiburg etc. If you want to get a VVS semester ticket that covers Stuttgart you will be spending close to 400Euros which is not worth it.

Student Jobs: If you are coming to Tübingen with the hope of getting a student job you better have a rethink. There are no companies here. Tübingen can be best described as a rural area. Getting a job in few restaurants around is extremely difficult. Tübingen is a university village where 2 out of every 3 people you see on the streets are students. Tübingen is such a boring town. Loneliness want kill me here ooo!. You can hardly find Nigerians here except for few Nigerian refugees. There are very few Nigerians here. There are also not too many blacks in this school. From time to time you can only come across 1 or 2 Nigerians studying here. But if you are coming to Tübingen with the sole aim of studying, I can assure you that you will get the very best of education here because Tübingen is a world-class university. Some of the best professors in Europe are here. An ex-president of Germany (Horst Köhler) is also here as one of my professors.

People: What I have seen here is not encouraging. Tübingen is not a friendly town. People here are not friendly I don't know if it's because Tübingen is relatively a small town. I have been to Stuttgart and Frankfurt people are more friendly there than in Tübingen. Sometimes they will be looking at you as if you are an Alien from another planet. A friend of mine who is in Engineering faculty often complained of racism in his faculty. No one wants to sit with him in the class. No one wants him in their assignment group. I was lucky to have few German friends in my department that are liberal minded. They are more than nice to me. I happened to be the only black in my faculty but was lucky to have those great German guys as friends.

Food: Since I came here I have never bought cooked food outside. I have always prepared my own food at home by myself. It helps you to minimize cost if you can be able to be cooking/preparing your own meal. Their own foods self no dey hungry me. This people wey dey chop bread like say tomorrow no dey. They have different verities of Bread. More than 50 or more different kind of breads. There are African shops here where you can get food items like Yams, Plantain, Beans, Fish, Meat, Egwusi, Ogbono, Okra, palm oil etc, but they are not cheap oooo!

Babes: Hmmmmn! Like I said before this is not a friendly town. This people discriminate a lot. They even discriminate against other whites let alone blacks. But it may be a different experience in bigger/International German cities. So if na babe you want come here come find be ready to work extra hard for it. And also be prepared to face so many rejections you maybe lucky at last sha! As some people were lucky to find one in the long-run. If you are a lady, I don't really know because I haven't seen whites guys going out with the few black girls that are here.

African People: There are few Africans here are they are really nice. Some people will tell you not to get close to Nigerian refugees that are here. Well experience differs, Almost all the Nigerian refugees I met here are very nice people they see me as their brother and have always been willing to help they don't even discriminate on basis of tribe. They have been really helpful even more than the 2-3 Nigerians studying here. I know of a Nigerian student that did not drop his tribalism behind in Nigeria. He brought his tribalism here with him. Aduro is the popular name given to those refugees. But this Aduro people are very very nice to me I don't know about other Nigerian students experience ooo!.

German language: The language is as important as the degree you are coming here to acquire. You need the language to be able to interact effectively with people here even if it's broken/basic German. I will also advise anyone coming to Germany to get at least a B1 language proficiency before boarding that plan. Life can be extremely difficult here without the language

heybaby12:
I sold the boxes I took back to Nigeria when I went for the holidays. While coming back I bought 2 strong Ghana must go for 2k each.( the boxes I sold weighed 5.3 kg each).
That's how I entered Leipzig Airport with my bags oh like one market woman. Seemed like Zoll was scared to search my bag they just asked me to go.

That's how I dragged my load oh. Everyone was just looking at me.

If I tell you the things I came with. Box sef for cry.

I have a handheld luggage scale, so I am always on point

BelieverDE:
Hallo Brüder und Schwestern in Germany,

I have been hearing about the language barrier which makes it difficult for someone to easily integrate into the society in Germany; well I saw a device online which can help you to communicate in other languages.

Is there a nairalander who has tried anything relating to this?



PS: I am not an agent nor am I advertising for the company.

lexi28:
Hadampson:

kudos to you for these posts you keep digging up and reposting here. more grease to your elbow. as you have helped many here, including myself, may God grant your wishes asap!!!

thesicilian:
Lol.
Even a third world country like India is still doing immigration raid!

Rolly22:
Lol Bros make I get there first.

Rolly22:
Noted bro let's Just keep hope alive. I believe I will get the American Visa.

mozzking:
lol walai you no serious, data to much for your phone, hope you kind enough to share

Rolly22:
Let me see how this one goes them I will know the next move, but any European Country that can easily grant me Visa?

Martinez39:
True talk. The future can be unpredictable.

Rolly22:
OK Bros I will check that because I have always applied for US Visa but I have this transportation as Plan B.

Martinez39:
Be serious na. Was I a bit out of touch with reality as regard to my suggestion? I be ajebo. My mama get money so I never hustle for street. I only suggested that line of business because, from my experience, it can be a source of steady income for many if you get the right location. Maybe you can teach me. Help a brother, I desire to learn.

I'm just whining you when i asked for your opinion on cigarette business

I must say you are lucky but it's good to hustle bro.. At least make you get street orientation small

Rolly22:
Bros like how much can the Uber Cost?

Joromi12:
why so fine . Are u in the pool already

Rolly22:
Very true Bros, only the bad roads alone Dey give me High Blood pressure.

mozzking:
k

Martinez39:
Why you dey laugh? Mind to tell me?

paul1995:
Have you been to Italy before mentioning scam

Rolly22:
Bros is transportation Business not good? I dey plan to enter am oh.

mozzking:
k

Martinez39:
A cigarette business would be quite lucrative since a lot of people like to smoke and cigarette is addictive. I don't really know much about the business. I suggest he starts a fun centre which consists of a gaming spot(PlayStation), viewing room for football matches and a spot for charging a large number of people's phones. Location is very key and the building and services must be quality.

In addition to all these, he can add a cybercafé. With hard work, good planning and time and money management, he would be rolling in steady profits. That's my suggestion but what do I know.

Predstan:
The problem with Nigerians. You have not been there and you claim they are racist. You judge by what you read online. My brother carry your leg waka go there before you conclude they are racist. I knew of many people in Germany and they never mentioned racist. The only thing is about their language. You must learn to speak fluently to integrate very well with them...

Germany is one of the best countries to migrate to right now bro. There was racist in the days of Okoscha and not right now

mozzking:
my brother schools there, ngga complains of it all the time. i swear

komodapson:
Gbam!!!...nothing beats student visa

mozzking:
germany is too racist ull hate your self than nigerias problem, i feel you need to use the internet and make research for your self so comedians here wont lead you astray

check for racism
check for standard of living
check for security
check for women..."really important"
check for tranport
check for housing..

but if you feel checking all that is too stressfull then ill help you out cos we in the same shoes here

i recommend sweden and australia for you, trust me

RTSC:
Germany is better and more advanced than canada but not by much.

When you factor in the difficulty in immigrating to germany and the language barrier, canada becomes the obvious choice.