OsunOriginal:
The king has spoken and that is final.

Igbos have been warned - I only hope they will not go against the directive of the king.

Doing so will be at your own peril.

xij38580: Please pardon my lengthy post

I graduated 2011 basically studying something I had a zero interest in. Since graduating, I've worked in the IT field. I currently work as a developer. I want to go back to school and learn some basics, some advanced concepts and as well get a degree not just for now but for the future too. Some people say in IT it doesn't matter what you study but I've seen a case firsthand of what stopped someone from assuming a director position was his lack of formal education in an IT related field.

I've tried applying for Master's programs but the requirement is usually an issue, in terms of undergraduate degree requirement. I was in the social sciences. So I've settled that I'd spend 3 years to bag an Undergraduate degree. I plan to resume next year September or January. This sounds crazy and unfortunately, its a crazy that has estranged me to some people.

I've seen some schools in Germany that I would like to apply to. However, I do have some questions that I would appreciate your inputs on. Thanks.

1)For a 3 year program do I have to show proof that I have the funds for my upkeep for the entire 3 years i.e. 650*36 = €23400 ?

2)I earn a modest salary and currently save most of my salary in my Mutual fund account. I do some freelancing and this also helps a lot. As it stands my current savings by March 2015 should be sufficient to show proof of funds for 1 year plus. I currently don't plan on using a sponsor, but if need be can I use a maternal cousin as my sponsor ? He shares and understands my aspirations and he's willing to help fund some part. We however bear different surnames , and he also lives in Europe. Is this a potential red flag ?

3) I would also like to gain a permanent residency status without cutting corners. The requirement is 5 years continuous stay in Germany legally. Is it possible for me to remain in Germany after my program to work ? I believe that opportunity abounds and with God and preparations I should be able to land a job or create a start up. Is this possible ?

Thanks for your patience.

ops84: @ kunlelike me pls i sent you a PM

I NEED PEOPLES PERSPECTIVE ON THIS, PLEASE ADD/REMOVE
IF MY ANSWER ARE TOO SHORT PLEASE LET ME KNOW , CRITISM ARE WELCOME,MY INTERVIEW IS COMING SOON........

1.) How did you find out about your school?

ANSWER====--I FOUND OUT ABT MY SCHOOL DURING SEARCH OF MY CHOICE OF SCHOOL ONLINE,
FURTHER REASERCH WITH COLLEAGUES AND STUDENTS OF THE INSTITUTION SHOWS THAT THE INSTITUTION IS A
TECHNICALLY INCLINED INSTITUTION,WITH NEW AND MODERN TECHNICAL FACILITIES
(THE SCHOOL IS RELATIVELY NEW,FOUNDED IN THE YEAR 2009) AND INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED,OFFERS 80% OF
OF HER COURSE IN ENGLISH LANG AND HENCE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL JOB MARKET.
I LOOOKED INTO THE COURSE CURRICULUM AND FIND OUT ITS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO STUDY.


2.) What are you going to study?

ANSWER======MECHATRONICS SYSTEM ENGINEERING

3.) What is the curriculum like?

ANSWER=======THE COURSE CURRICULUM HAVE 7SEMESTERS IN ALL,
THE FIRST SEMESTER IS FOR BASICS KNOWLEDGE,KNOWLEDGE ARE INTENSIFIED
IN THE SECOND AND THIRD SEMESTER,FOURTH SEMESTER AND FIFTH ARE FOR SPECIALIZATIONS COURSES
SEMESTER 6 IS FOR INTERNSHIP IN INDUSTRIES,(WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASON I CHOSE
TO STUDY IN GERMANY),SEMESTER 7 IS FOR BACHELOR THESIS ,WHERE STUDENT RESEARCH ON GIVEN TOPICS.

4.) Why do you choose to study in Germany?

ANSWER=====GERMANY IS WELL KNOWN FOR HER FIRST CLASS RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION IN ENGINEERING,
Germany EDUCATION increasingly
stands for innovation, internationality and
strong support for high-calibre research
THE HIGH QUALITY AND LOW COST OF EDUCATION IN GERMANY ARE THE REASONS
I CHOSE TO STUDY IN GERMANY.COUPLED WITH PRACTICAL ORIENTATION IS A STUDY ABROAD/INTERNSHIP WHICH
WILL PROVIDE ME WITH CLOSED INDUSTRY INTEGRATED EXPOSURE AND WILL GIVE ME OPPORTUNITY FOR
PROGRESSION ON MY CAREER PATH DEVELOPMENT.


5.) What do you know about Germany?

ANSWER=====

Germany is in Europe with capital as Berlin, the German president is Joachim gauck,
chancellor is Angela Markel, Germany population is approximately 82million ,and have
352,021 km2 landed area, Germany has 16 federal states and Germany is bordered to 9
countries. Germany has the largest national economy in Europe, the fourth-largest by
nominal GDP in the world, and fifth by GDP (PPP BASED). The country is a founding member of
the European Union and the Euro zone. The service sector contributes around 70% of the
total GDP, industry 29.1%, and agriculture 0.9%. Most of the country's products are in engineering, especially in automobiles,
machinery, metals, and chemical goods.
Germany is the leading producer of wind turbines and solar power technology in the world.
Germany is also largest producer of lignite in the world. Germany is also rich in timber,
iron ore, potash, salt, uranium, nickel, copper and natural gas. Energy in Germany is sourced
predominantly by fossil fuels, followed by nuclear power, and by renewable energy like biomass
(wood and bio fuels), wind, hydro and solar.Germany has experienced two world war, the first one
in 1914 which was tagged ‘’seven days world war’
which started following the immediate assassination of an Austria-Hungary nationalist, and because
Germany have mutual defence alliance with Austria Hungary hence her intervention to supports her ally.
The second world war was tagged ‘’Adolf Hitler war’’ it started in the year 1939 to year 1944.
This second world war causes severe damages to Germany ESP KLEVE and approximately 90% of buildings were
damaged especially in kleves Germany.



6.) How many countries border Germany? What are their names?

ANSWER====DENMARK,POLAND,AUSTRIA,CZECH REPUBLIC,FRANCE,LUXEMBOURG,THE NETHERLANDS,BELGIUM,SWITZERLAND.

7.) What preparation have you made concerning moving to Germany?
ANSWER====I HAVE BEEN LEARNING GERMAN LANGUAUGE ON MY OWN,MOSTLY ONLINE.
I HAVE MAILED MY SCHOOL FOR ACCOMODATION AND MY DETAILS AND CHOICE OF APARTMENT HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL OFFICE ON REQUEST.
TO MATCH ME WITH AVAILABLE ROOMS,HOWEVER I HAVE ALSO MAILED SOME PRIVATE LANDLORDS, AND EXPECTING RESPONSE FROM THEM.
I HAVE OPENED DUTCH BANK ACCOUNT TO TRANSFER MONEY FOR MY LIVING EXPENSES,WHICH I WILL DO AS SOON AS I LEAVE HERE TODAY.


8.)Do you have any relatives in Germany?

ANSWER=====NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

9.) Can you speak German?

ANSWER====NO, MY COURSE IS FULLY TAUGHT IN ENGLISH LANG,
BUT AM WILLING TO LEARN WHEN I GET TO GERMANY
THOUGH I HAVE BEEN LEARNING LITTLE BY LITTLE ON MY OWN ON THE INTERNET.


10.) Do you plan to return back to Nigeria after studies?

ANSWER==== YES, TO COME AND CONTRIBUTE MY OWN QUOTA OF THE ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE I
WILL ACQUIRE IN GERMANY IN THE INDUSTRIES HERE IN NIGERIA FOR BETTER DEVELOPMENT IN THE SECTOR.
THEN AFTER WHICH I WILL PLAN ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MY OWN INDUSTRY.



11.)Who is funding your studies?

ANSWER====MY BROTHER AND UNCLE.


12.)What do you know about the town where you would be studying?

ANSWER====
Kleve , is a town in the Lower Rhine region of northwestern Germany near the Dutch border and the
River Rhine, Kleve is the capital of the district of Kleve in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Kleve's location is one of its selling points - situated in the countryside,
but still close to the large cities of Dusseldorf and Dortmund
Its very easy for students to take bus or their bikes to the Rhine River or
Nijmegen(Nijmegen, situated directly across the border), the closest city in Holland.

The native language of Cleves and its surrounding area is a Dutch dialect
(Dutch: Kleverlands, German: Kleverländisch), but the official language
is German which is dominant among the younger generation. Because of its
geographical location directly at the Dutch-German border, there is a strong
overlap in culture and language. Tourism is important IN KLEVE, and machinery,
steel products, motor vehicles, and computer-memory-storage devices are manufactured.

13.) how IS your previous course related to the one you are going for? /WHY DID YOU WANT TO STUDY THIS COURSE?

DURING MY PREVIOUS STUDY IN THE POLYTECHNIC, I WAS FASCINATED WITH
ELECTRONICS AND DEVICES AS WELL AS THE WAY THEY WORKS( studied elect/elect), BUT AFTER THE COMPLETION OF MY PROGRAM
I REALIZE THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THIS DEVICES DEPENDS MOSTLY ON OTHER FIELD OF ENGINEERING,LIKE- IT for programming ,
CONTROL ENGINEERING FOR AUTOMATIONS& CONTROL of the devices,mechanical field for fabrications,
studying this course will give me alot of edges in this field as its a course that integrate
all this field of engineering for design and manufacturing of smart devices and systems instead ofthe sequential approach to solutions in the productions.


14.)what do you know about your course?
ANSWER======

The word "Mechatronics" was originally "Japanese-English" word created by Mr. Tetsuro Mori, who was an engineer of Yaskawa Electric Corporation in the year 1971.


Mechatronics engineering is the synergistic combination of Mechanical engineering,
Electronic engineering, Computer engineering,computer science, Control engineering,
and Systems Design engineering in order to design and manufacture useful products and other applications.


The term Mechatronics stems from mechanical and electronics and it's a relatively new approach
to machine and systems product design and development, merging the solving principles of the four
interconnected disciplines used for all complex modern devices.

This is an emerging field of engineering that integrates multi disciplinary field of engineering and
information technology.

In the past, machine and product design has been the domain of mechanical engineers.After the machine has been designed
by mechanical engineers, solutions to control and programming problems were added by software and computer engineers. This sequential-engineering approach
usually resulted in less-than-optimal designs.

The prime role of mechatronics is one of initiation and integration throughout the whole of the design process, with the mechatronics engineer as the leader.
Experts in this interdisciplinary mechatronics field must acquire general knowledge of various techniques and be able to master the entire design process.
Industry needs mechatronics engineers to continue to rapidly develop innovative products with best performance, quality and low................................

reecky: I have waited about six weeks now since after my interview, and i am thinking of contacting them....

4129: Greetings to the blessed house. As an ardent follower of this forum, will like say i got good news, that long awaited mail has dropped right into my inbox this morning. I was asked to come to the embassy with three months health travel insurance, after 26days of waiting after interview . May GOD Almighty let everyone in this journey have a good news. This forum is wonderful..................

omolola22: I called the bank to ask why I have not gotten my confirmation letter. So I gave them my account number to know if the funds entered my account yet. And I was told that my money was in the account.
That i should wait for my letter. I have still not gotten it.

femsuper: Congrats bro.... #team stuttgart all the way

Realk1:

Congrats brother.
God be with you.

futurewise11: you no mention futurewise abi?i go catch you for african party here dont worry........congrat bro....buy plenty jeans and sneakers come oh..

kunlelikeme: @papilon pls i will like to ask you few questions here...i will like to know if you
1. submitted a neco result
2.if they are really keen in primary school certificate
3.how long it took you to get their reply after submitting your docs and interview
4.did u write any aptitude test
5.how long does thie interview take
and lastly.....what school are u going?
hope to read from you soonest.
REGARDS

dolpaz: Congrats Papilon,
I tap into your testimony.
I will also testify someday very soon
Alles gute

busky101: GREAT NEWS BRO...CONGRATS.

Justcul:

Congrats bro! #Teamwinter all d way... I tap into ur testimony.. I remember u were d first to say 'Amen' to a prayer of faith yesterday.. So happy for u bro.

One love!

Justcul:

Congrats bro! #Teamwinter all d way... I tap into ur testimony.. I remember u were d first to say 'Amen' to a prayer of faith yesterday.. So happy for u bro.

One love!

Eke40seven:
@Papilon89 I remembered this prophesy too.

papilon89: .....mail finally recieved "......bring a 3months travel health insurance".
special thanks to every one who has supplied one information or the other that has helped me all along. thanks to Eke for his jolly presence on this thread "especially with his old english" which always lighten my mood. special mention of *jahjehovah,dolpaz,Godson,beebee5000,bissiejoe,abiegirl" and my remaining great comrades. i will still be with u on this thread.
Femsuper, you are well recognised

Justcul: May this week usher in testimonies to #Teamwinter and this thread generally.

I wish all admission expectants, the very best of luck and a successful visa interview in advance..

One love!

DBestDoc:

Hmmm!
Thanks for the reply but it's more like starting all over. I for one don't fancy the idea and i'm sure she won't either.

I'm grateful.

DBestDoc: Hello house, please i have someone who wishes to run a postgrad./ masters in Germany but has got a HND. Would like to know what her chances are, like a first or second hand experience sort of.
we' ve made alittle research on that regard and from the information we've garthered so far, it seems kinda hard to get in for masters straight on.

Please, the question is thrown open and would appreciate helpful responses from peeps on here.
@Eke40 et al, you sure are doing a great job, thumbs up.

jaydeemourg: [b][/b]Hello house, I have a question concerning old document ( at least 5 yrs) for visa application. Can I use my school testimonial which I got in 2005?

abiegirl:

I dey o, seriously trying to round up stuff at work and at home.

afodam247: PLEASE HOUSE, I WANT TO KNOW WHETHER THE EMBASSY WILL WITHHOLD MY PASSPORT PRIOR TO THE DAY THEY WILL CALL ME BACK. THIS IS because I HAVE ANOTHER INTERVIEW WITH ANOTHER EMBASSY WITH ONLY THREE DAYS INTERVAL.
MAY GOD BLESS THE SOUL THAT HELPS ME OUT ON THIS.

Slyee: Good afternoon. I received a mail on Friday and I was asked to be at the German embassy in Lagos with a travel health insurance. I applied for a student visa about 17days ago and I was interviewed by a consular officer.

My questions are:

1. Does it mean I've been granted a Visa to travel for my studies?

2. My sponsor in Germany wants to get the travel health insurance for me in Germany and then send the insurance papers to me via email. Will they accept the one obtained from Germany or the one done here in Nigeria?

Pls. I need your help!!!

Eke40seven:
Joy filleth my soul that thou findest it useful, howbeit, thy question doth weary my soul.
Wherefore doth thine heart abhor patience? Wilt thou hearken unto me?
Wherefore doth thine heart lust after Cyprus, art thou a biblical Apostle of olde? What seekest thou thither? knowest not thou that most degree from North Cyprus shan't be recognised hither? The economy is bad and her inhabitant possesseth not riches neither do their heart gladen at the sight of thy dark countenance? Two of thy kinsmen were sent forth too anon unto eternity without justice. The land of the Schengen knoweth not visas from yon as words fall from mouth this hour.
South Africa? Verily, I doubt that thy 1.5m shall see thee through and wouldn't thine heart seek after drugs, HIV infested married women (though fair) and other vices? Shall thou not earn thyself more tempest?
If thy soul seek China, there is but one way known unto me which is Confucius Institute in Unilag for Chinese language, thou wilt earn thyself a scholarship to school in their university of which they charge thee nought but proceed to pay thee monthly with other bounteous spoils. I know of a lad who entered to dwell in China whence.
I hope that thine heart gladens at this? Seek thee more counsel.
Fare thee well!

Eke40seven:
Lo! brother, thou hast found favour in the sight of The supreme being in heaven and His messenger doth guide thee as my lips are filled with supplications proclaiming thy matter unto them. I bring thee good tidings, suffer not thine heart to be troubled, and faint not for a wee while, the sole of thy feet shall thread upon the wealthy sands from whence the Rhine water flows and the tongue of her people shall be thine when thou reachest yon. Rejoice thee this day and answers shall be thine and thy needs shall be wrought. Whither goest thou?
@tmed1 Wherefore hast thou chosen to chastise mine Elizabethan tongue knowing that thou art not gerontophobic? I pray thee this day, stay thy wrath and the desires of thine heart, thou would'st see. and thou shalt rejoice.
Fare thee well!

Eke40seven:
I observe and muse that thou art of a sacred lineage since thou art called 'Holyboss', a name with a form divine and thy question draweth us back to the days of yore, thus, my olde-worlde language.
Behold, happiness shall be thine, if thou hearken unto the counsel which I shall give thee. Write it upon that holy heart of thine I pray thee.
Since thou hast 1.5m in thy account, let patience be thy forte now, for thou shalt need N2m when thou goest for German admission which thou hast been found unworthy as I speak unto thee. Prove thyself worthy by getting thyself an admission into a University in Nigeria, (NOUN is good) for thou canst get it more speedily. Tarry thee a year that thou mightest obtain a year transcript, then proceed to seek a German admission OR
2. Enroll thyself into Geothe institute, to learn German B1 level in one year and seek thee an admission into a student college or Abitur in Germany then proceed into a university there.
3. check Mexico, Malaysia (cheap but thou canst not work legally with thy student visa, Ukraine (cheap but poor), check Norway and Finland (no tuition but needest thou N1.8-2m in a blocked account)
4. Portugal doth offer good courses at good tuition but hath high financial requirement for visa and it hath a poor economy as I write upon this thread.
I pray that thou findest this useful.
I bid thee good luck!