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cutegentility:
Really?

sassy92:
Please who has info about OVGU and magdeburg city?

my man magdeburg is cool...The people are friendly unlike what i heard but atimes the racism group springs up but they have anti racism groups that counter them always...The course work is the similar as what i did in FUTO.. i thought FUTO was stressing me, I neva knew they were training me for the future...the only difference here is that they haVe a different symbol in the normal chemical equations which we know in nigeria, so when u study it, u will adjust.. the only thing here is that you have so many things to read and cram too.. u will read and also cram cos they know u cant finish the questions within 2 hours, so speed ,matters ..imagine deriving and applying hundreds of equations similar to Arrhenius equations, runge kutta 4th order and raoults law and doing like 4 iterations in 2 hours? is it beans? so answer the questions .....is it easier in 9ja?, the language is a barrier everywhere in terms of job.

magdeburg is the capital city so most people speak english unlike my friend kelvinpalm wey dey complain about his city say if u no sabi speak german ..u r dead..

From Number13

It's been a long time! People coming to Germany from Nigeria: study, study, and study, and prepared to study, study, and study when you get here! I now feel like I cheated myself into TUM. I used to take getting an A (above 70% in the university where I did my bachelor's in Nigeria) as being equivalent to the German 1.0. I didn't know one needed to be above about the 95th percentile to have a 1.0.

The reality of the matter dawned on me when I saw the result of my German as a Foreign Language A1.1+1.2 midsemester test. The teacher briefly returned the marked scripts to us so that we could make sure there was no mistake in the grading. I had 54.25 points out of a possible 68 -- just below 80%. I thought it was quite good until I saw the grade: 2.7! That many exchange students in my class still doing their bachelors' had 1.0s and 1 point somethings didn't help matters. I could make excuses that some of them might have studied German before, but I don't know that... The fact remains it was a 'below average score' (if we assume 2.5 to be average).

Heck, bachelor's grades better than 2.5 on the average was the requirement to get invited for the interview phase of my present programme in first place! I could still say, well, my grade in German doesn't affect my overall grade in my current programme, but... let me just say, I can't really tell until it's time for the exams, which is drawing nearer everyday, but here, even in the regular programme-related courses that I'm taking, I'm maybe an average student at best. In Nigeria, I used to be very, very good. So, my advise to those intending to come to Germany remains: study, study.

From Eke40seven

You failed to add that when you go to the shopping mall, you stand there for hours praying you don't buy urine in place of ororo, or liquid detergent thinking its body soap.... And for the love of God, you hardly come by a product with English translations. Yeah! I understand thses things limits you.

You miss a lot of opportunities because of the language, i could have gotten an accommodation for free (in place of some little services) but couldn't get it because of the language barrier, ( a room in a flatshare here in nothing less than 400-500 euros by the way if you are lucky) landlords are choosy based on langauge, etc

Yeah! Staying in Munich can save you a lot of stress, its what they call "multi kulti" they almost all understand and speak English although they will always tell you "Nein/ja, ein bisschien" but same cannot be said of the outskirts, in fact their bavarian accents are so hard, it break stones. Although people here are EXTREMELY nice and helpful.
I have been to Bremen, Hamburg, Leipzig, Berlin, Oldenburg, Bamberg, Hannover, etc all recently, may be in some i spent only a few hours, and i can fully relate what victz and crowns2 are saying.

For prospective applicants, please learn as much as you can, you don't know where you might find yourself, even in places where English is widely spoken, its absolutely important you can speak or understand what is being spoken.

From pompido

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go to www.seatguru.com

select "browse airlines"

choose your carrier. e.g "Emirates"

Select "Planes and seat maps"

Select the type of plane listed on your booking website for the trip and an image of the plane will show up.

you can use this to determine which seat numbers to check with your travel agent to try and book you on.

Other information are available on the website for your digestion.

themaestro08:
Great job guys! ..... I have been a silent reader for quite a long time, I just feel I should appreciate the good work you guys are doing, particularly, hadampson, elder,phlift e.t.c. that said, I think people are laying too much emphasis on STEM,I know its in demand, but if its not your thing or you are not that good in it then just go for your preferred choice, as I can confidently tell you whatever you study in germany you will have something decent doing at the end of the day, there are lots of decent courses with huge potentials to land you pretty good jobs in DE.....

Tips to succeeding in DE

-have a good knowledge of Deutsche
-posses decent employable skills

And the sky could just be your starting point.

Peace.

ibrahimovic303:
That´s why there is a mad rush to Canada instead sef...My friend in ATL told me that a guy was shot dead in the club for rocking someone´s babe

IchBinBrait:
Yes. And some people I know are dodging US cuz of that gun issue. They cannot run away from Naija and goan face another ruckus. Baba if I see blocked account of €8640, I don move oo. Germany and protocol

ibrahimovic303:
I think you have summed this up...cos even the millionaires are not safe, it is the main reason why even the wealthy and upper middle class Nigerians are relocating abroad too

IchBinBrait:
In those parts of Europe, the citizens there (including immigrants) believe they are free from harm's warm. If you research on countries with low crime rates, the non-English speaking countries are topping the table. In the black men continent, such freedom of life isn't allowed, in the sense that a group of NFAs (No Future Ambitions) on sighting an unguarded millionaire will act quickly by kidnapping him/her. This business dey boom wella for Naija like this. You can't buy a newspaper without it making the headlines... Kidnappers collecting millions of naira as ransome which makes them millionaires overnight... chaii,, and I ask myself this question, "Is it supposed to be like this"

Based on what I read in recent times; articles written by the Finns themselves, one can mistakenly drop his/her wallet on a chair in the street and return the following day to find it. Not now that bad guys have started to show people that they have arrived. The insecured Finns don't wanna mingle with foreigners (both black & white, although most people call this racism) because they are preventing the unexpected. Yet they still feel safe.

America is not like this, one reason people are relocating to other countries is because of their gun law. How can someone be walking on the street with double barrel in his winter cloth. If the person drinks and gets drunk, he then shoots sporadically in the air thereby killing innocent people. Please that is not the kinda life an immigrant will want for himself and his family.

Personally I'd rather live in non English speaking countries like Germany, Finland, Sweden etc, take my time to learn the language, pay high taxes, have an insurance cover and be free to move around as I feel like regardless of the fact that I own a Bugatti or a Lamborghini.. Even if my salary after tax is low as long as I feel safe. Freedom of life is important.

My area for Lagos ehnn, if you see how I dey look left, look right and look left again before I comot from house ehnn. Most times I don't blame the big men for carrying ogbonge escorts. Their only problem is that they overdo it. This is because the country is not safe. People around can't be trusted either. Na only God dey keep person oo..

Squirrel01:
Lol it's common with the white folks. Our African mentality has ruined part of our lives.

ibrahimovic303:
How una dey? What´s on your mind? According to Facebook... Sha my own na I just became friends with a Finnish millionaire in this city...Ask me how? The man owns over a dozen apartment blocks in the Vaasa area, and I saw the man using a bulldozer to amend some parts of the road by himself! Omor I just started interviewing him and he answered me until he said my questions are now too much and he needs to go back to work well he gave me his card and we will have beer and go bike riding in the coming weeks ....What blows my mind about these people here are their simplistic nature and way of life...If na Naija millionaire.....lol



Oya make we discuss this matter...!

7Alexandre:
Celebrated my Birthday yesterday, so a close friend invited me to a Yacht Party...

Let me drop a few pictures...

olioxx:
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Their weather is harsh oo.
Poland is a third world European country.
No reasom ham abeg.

cutegentility:
Here for we naija, even some pastors go tell person. Make e lie down telling. Person say e wan waka.
U get luck o, naija just dey treat person. Anyhow
Laslas nah to run go Estonia or Finland.


Like for Estonia Shares for finland

EMEKUSBOY9:
Oga you are right , but leave statistics for economics, Rwanda is good but what matter is purchasing power. Hunger bad die

willy2000:
Mehn, were you the one asking if you can earn €10k a year working as a student?
If yes, hmm unless you don't want to abandon your education, RWTH is among the top 5 schools in Germany, be prepared.
When I mean be prepared, start reading and researching on the modules you are going to take.
e go be like dream, when u enter class and after 90mins, you will start soul searching and asking yourself if you really attended a University in Nigeria. True story ohh

From GottSeiDank

Hey guys, greetings from Hamburg. Got here this week. its very cold and beautiful. Transportation network here is topnotch, lectures has been great too. settling down slowly. Learn Deutsch and don't be sacred to speak it helps a lot. Ask questions when you have to,else you will keep walking and meeting yourself at the same spot it can be confusing at first. If you're still coming this winter, get thick jackets temperature can be as low as -3 degrees (and I was told we ain't started yet). Make provision for accommodation so you won't be stranded. Also get someone who will pick you up when you arrive- its a different ball game here. Bring your naija food if you have to ( you need to see the look on the faces of my block mates when they saw me cooking my Ogbono soup and Garri yesternight - it was epic). its been interesting all the way.

If you have any issue with Deutsche Bank. I can be of help cos Alter wall (Db headquarter) is not too far from my place - Just PM me.
PS: I have missed three weeks lectures already and so I can only take few for now cos I have to catch up with classes. Am doing this because I know what we're facing in the hand of Deutsche Bank back in Naija.

Lemme stop here, Ich habe groß hunger.

See you all in Deutschland. Bis bald

chimax1:
Any Info on anhalt uni in Saxony anhalt city? Anyone??

From Eke40seven

The state with the least foreign borns, Saxony Anhalt, Dessau Institute of Architecture (Anhalt University, Dessau City.

Magdeburg is a city, the capital of Saxony Anhalt.

On the other hand, another thing you should note, if location of the schools are of Paramount importance to you is this, the position of the city in relation to other importance cities.

from olanshi

Germany is one of the best place you can live in Europe. Some people say they are police country, because those people are criminals. Don't commit crime, don't do drugs, if you want to enter train or bus make sure you have your BVG ticket.


I love Germany! You will also love it, some say they are racist but for me they are very friendly especially when you speak their language. Try and learn a bit of German it will make things much easier for you.


Just a few tips, enjoy your stay! Welcome to Germany!! God bless Nigeria!, God bless Germany!


Danke!!

Tips from segadebayo

Anyone coming to Germany

My advice, well, bring a lot of sweaters though you could get for 15 euros here, hoody, a trainers / chocks would be fine (one would do). Germans don't care if you wear Gucci (It's best you get winter boot and coat here).

Bring necessities (toiletries) you would need for the first week and Indomie too, cos you gonna struggle with the food. N.B: Liquid ain't allowed on flights and put most toiletries and all that in transparent nylon. If you need a cheap flight take Emirates, it's long but they would just keep on feeding you and you would beg them to stop + you get a meal voucher at dubai airport + you could watch new movies and series on the flight..e.t.c. and most of all sign up for your schools Student Buddy program unless you have someone who's willing to assist you in your city or else you would struggle and waste a lot of money. 9ja and germany are totally different trust me Germans are nice, they don't need a penny from you. My student buddy actually loaned me 90 Euros and was willing to loan me 250 which is the whole thing but I hate debts till my block account becomes active without me asking her. They wouldn't talk to you because they ain't open like 9ja but they're really nice.

Wish you all the best you would get here if you really want to and for anybody new in application [b]Google is always your best friend.

wildikeman:
Vielen dank mein Bruder.... Ich habe gelernt etwas.

Bloodeagle:
Thanks man... I wish I could bless you.

Aber gott segne dich

Ich bin stolz auf dich

Some information on Kiel for all and sundry by pompido



bloodeagle, hope you are okay with these information



There are 2 tertiary institutions in Kiel namely Christian Albrechts University and Fachhocschule Kiel (University of Applied Sciences) and both have great quality of education.CAU is the more recognized and highly rated of the 2 (Top 30 in Germany) but it is research based, so if this is your forte then by all means. If you are more practically oriented, IT systems development/business management and co that would grill you in readiness for the professional working life, then FH it is. This of course is based on perspective and of course do a proper research about your course of choice and its course contents especially (There can be serious K-Leg if you do the naija style of following the better named courses as them fit shock you when you enter ).

Both schools are linked and so FH students have access to facilities at CAU like the Library, sports center, fitness center.etc. There is also the semester tickets that cover the whole of Kiel (train, ferries, buses). Only difference is that CAU students get a rebate on the direct bus to Hamburg airport (7euros instead of about 15euros and 12euros for the round trip). FH students have to pay the full charge but that is nothing to worry about because the airport is not a frequent trip and there are alternative ways of going on long trips for really cheap prices.

Housing is kind of reasonable here though it could easily become a nightmare (as moi experienced). The studentenwerk handle student accommodation for both schools and there are cheap to mid-priced rooms available (availability is higher in the summer as there are less applicants and intakes in both universities). Early application is usually the best thing to do but there are also other options that would suffice till one finds right footing.

Working as a student here is just like any city in Germany, available but conditional . Ability to speak the language even if it is the pidgin version (like Williamso would call his) would make things a bit easier.

Another thing is that everyone needs to realize that you have to bear your cross and so do your own research, ask questions and talk to people about what you need. For example, when we got to Kiel, we were played all the work stuffs and what we needed to do to start engaging (mostly meant that we would wait a few months). The funny thing is that when men started digging, stuffs that even those we met here didn't know about were available and now they kind of say we came and raised the ginger level. Hustle is usually at its peak in the summer months (In Kiel, the Kieler Woche is it for men ooo, we die well )

Abeg bring your food oo,as much as you can carry so you get to ease yourself into the bread/potatoes eating mentality here and of course save yourself some cents by eating in. There are afro-asian stores here so noodles, titus, kote, croaker fishes are available. same with palm oil, plantain, yams et al

Me no get power for babes matter o but if that is a condition then I have one for you......start working on your 6packs and throw a few sentences of Deutsch into the mix and you are set (a few good dance steps may help too as men dey hangout for nice domes steady).

There is a strong Nigerian community here starting with the Nigerian Students' Association to the Nigerians in Kiel Association (them dey host very bad party every December), so you are sure to get all the help you need right from naija.

Another advice from pompido

To abandon ship or not: To those that want to run away from naija, I commend your courage and support your decision to seek greener pastures especially via the educational route (as long as you complete it and proceed into professionalism o). The state of the country in naija is disgraceful and one needs to make bold decisions. To this end, I would like to say that if you have any means of generating revenue in naija (houses that can go on rent, buses that can continue plying the roads and bringing in money), please and please do not sell them to accomplish your dream of coming here. Instead, I would advice that you either tarry a bit in naija and save up more till you have enough to come here and then handover those assets to someone you can trust to help manage but ensure all monies are still paid into your account from where you can then transfer for whatever needs to be done or gifted. This way, you are continually in contact with your business and up to date. You never know when the accumulated little cash will come in handy. If you have little or no responsibility and all you have is a bus or marwa or okada and selling it will complete your money to come here, by all means do that because they are depreciating assets anyways and the ROI in coming here is way way more than the cost of selling it.

Working while studying: If everyone will tell you the truth, it will be that you will be quite comfortable once you get the hang of jobs around you and you start making some money. you can undertake more than one job depending on your schedule and how you plan your time. So understand that it will be hard for most initially but I promise you that it will get better and even you will not have plenty time to come to the forum to read comments as often as you did before getting here or in your first few weeks because your tune will change from Obiwann's "winter is coming" to "the hustle is real" .

Follow your dreams guys...

All the best

Continuation on renewal of RP from the boss, pompido

My advice: Plan, Plan and Plan. What do I mean? While selecting cities and schools, try and get info on the place and how affairs are run there. make friends or at least good acquaintances with those already there and get them to tell you what is obtainable. For those coming to Kiel, we will hook you up with the available jobs that can at least feed you till you get your permits, ways that can help you buffer up enough to add to your account for renewal and you will have people who can help lift you across the mark.

The truth is it is not a bed of roses. One thing you should have in mind is that you will only get shitty jobs (compared to what you were doing or would do in Naija), get screamed at and feel bad for yourself (almost regretting) and say "na me be dis" and feel so homesick you want to give up and just head back home (it will get worse even) embarassed. This will happen no matter what but it is better if you have told yourself the brutal, honest truth before sending in those applications so when you start having those feelings, you tell yourself "it is only for a while, the goal is near".

So, renewal is an issue but definitely relatively easy to overcome with the right info and the right group of people.

For those worried about renewal of RP, read this


On the renewal issue: Like you all, I was also worried about it before coming here and for the first couple of months. It was a big deal for us especially as work wasn't even forthcoming (word of advice here: If you want to spare yourself some financial headache, my advice is to come here in the summer. Simple reason is because you most likely would get a job faster than in winter where most businesses are already in slow-motion mode but coming in winter is cool too because there are jobs to be got even on the same day you land if you go look for it so nothing is cast in stone. We are winter peeps and we be balling cool ). Then we realized something and asked a simple question, have we heard or known anyone that went back to Naija because of money for renewal? Answer is still NO. That means there must be ways to achieve the golden renewal that we just need to learn and learned we have. It will probably be counter-productive to say a few things about that here because some of these details do have peculiarities to regions while most are just a simple word of direction from those on ground.

mostyg landing post

I arrived Frankfurt Germany Tuesday morning and got to kiel later in the afternoon by train. Thanks to guys in Kiel for receiving me and providing accomodation.

I flew Ethiopia airline to Frankfurt and connected Kiel by train with a train ticket already paid for through airline ticket booking. Frankfurt to Kiel cost me around #2,000 ( same for anywhere in Germany).

If you are coming to Germany and you are on a low bugdet like myself, you may want to book your arrival to QYG ( German rail and fly). 72 hours to your departure, you would be able to generate your online train ticket at DB website using your confirmed airline ticket number. This train ticket will take you to ANYWHERE in Germany from your arrival airport. It is valid till second day after your arrival. Check your airline booking itenary to know your final arrival airport in Germany.

Most airline agents in Nigeria do not know about this. Ethiopian airline staff at VI told me it is not possible.

I wrote and got a mail from Ethiopia airline frankfurt office who confirmed its possiblity.

I saved like #100k with this plan through Ethiopian airline.

Other airlines have the QYG, such as air maroc, etihad etc but Ethiopia seems the cheapest.

If you have much luggages. Please make sure your bags have tyres. It would help a lot. Also be prepared to pay €1 for trolley at Frankfurt airport in case you are landing here.

A copy of your admission letter should be in your hand luggage. You may have to show the immigration guys at point of entry.

Bloodeagle:
Thanks man...

I need more facts about Kiel

From pompido

Kiel is a bit better in terms of living cost and the fact that there is an active Nigerian students association there makes life easier for new comers. The guys on ground will also help you settle in quickly and may even find something to hold you work wise if the chance and time are right.

Check out Facebook pages of Nigerian scholars in Germany (country wide), Nigerian students in Kiel.

The universities also have Facebook pages so you can search out contacts from there too.