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funkys:
Please anyone in the house who applied for TUM Nutrition and Biomedicine? How did you go about the "Evidence of student health insurance (issued by a compulsory health insurance company) (Copy)"

barleeh:
TUM, I need my offer now [font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font] , since january make I no watsapp!!!

victz:
I think it's time for me to share my 6 months experience in Germany(Tübingen) to be precise. Please note that I am just sharing what I have experienced so far in Tübingen. Students in other cities especially the bigger cities may not have similar experience. Let me use the same format lmuhopeful used:


1. Education: Studies here has been really nice and very tough. I'm currently studying MSc in Management and Economics. 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 course 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 above 2.5 is considered good especially if an institute is doing high quality research Like lmuhopeful said.

2. 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 and also from 245Euros for accommodation in skyscrapers. Private accommodation are a little bit expensive but not as in big cities.

3.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. 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 relativity 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 saves you 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 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 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 at 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 came 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.

chinok97:
Abeg house, were TNT dey for lagos biko..

dennisMOD:
Can anyone pls help me with the interview questions for M.SC in Nutrition & Biomedicine at TUM? I need to prepare ahead. Thanks.

lobito007:
Had my interview for Msc in Power Engineering at TUM this morning via skype, between 8 and 8:40. At 12:54pm, the result dropped.........and..........VOILA! I WAS ACCEPTED!!! The only German university I applied to. TGIF! Banging ryt now in my ride is da grin's 'mo lenu bi pon pon pon pon pon pon'. #dontstop

thefacelessguy:
Yes I did Boss.

Thank you for reaching out. I actually have certified all of my documents. My issue basically is
(a) I earlier applied only to a school and got reject; Now I want to apply to any other school that still have the admission for Winter on before it's closed. I hope it's not too late
(b) I don't want to have to send hard copy documents again with another 12k until I'm quite sure the admission is secured. I'd prefer schools with online application before final sending of hard copies.

Do you know any that fall into this category??

Danke Bruder!

omoomoba:
Hallo, please I need to verify before moving on.
Does one get charged for certification at the Consulate in cases where they are at least 2 sets for the same school?

OfficialDlh:
Olaochi plz can u put me 2ru on ow to go about it, i got same mail also. Some1 else can also, dnt know where to get the courier service envelope. akereebunoluwa@gmail.com

amahtrendy:
Hallo guys. Been so busy at school. Thanks to God for a successful first semester. How are u guys doing? Especially the teamsummer. The Lord is ur strength. Its gonna be worth the stress afterwards. Fear not...
Tesland, I didn't get ur pm. I got notification on my email but dunno what happened. U can quote me here or reply for whatever, I will respond.
All the best guys...see u in Deutschland...

Rubbers:
Abeg

Gmart22:
My paddi greetings
i just got the same response from them today.. please how did you detail with your own ish
thanks

DawnEden:
Hello house, shout out to folks who r abt to write or already writing their exam. My Shout out also goes out to the Teamwinter2016. Pls I would like to knw whether Nipost is reliable concerning sending application to Germany or I should js close eye go for DHL.

meekmill:
guys pls, how much does it cost to certify documents and sending it at the german embassy?

Gmart22:
Grußworte an die powerful Haus!!

My humble gratitude to you all who have in one way or the other contributed to this fertile Land.....
Am actually a beneficiary of this avalanche info repository....

Actually My admission arrived about 2 weeks ago #TeamSummer016. ...For Marburg Uni.

My Challenges and Question pls!!!

I have had my Block Account openned as plan B. My plan A is to use Sponsorship letter which will soon be available (with high hopes in mind).

Though am running out of time because my cause starts April and Enrollment deadline is March (Though i can enroll from Nigeria), notwithstanding.

Is it possible to present my sponsorship letter to the VO on my interview day/date that i booked with my Block Account

please it is urgent...i plan booking tonight..

.Danke in advance


Bro, kindly pm..wuld like us to talk on dis ish

michlan:
Is there a limit to the set of application documents one can certify at the German embassy? I plan to go there with about 5 sets of application so as to save time. I've only gone there to do one before but don't know if they will permit for 5 in a single day.

Twostep:
Thanks fam! Pls help me wit d adress of Lagos TNT. Thanks

michlan:
Fedex takes 3 working days to deliver and they charged me N9500. EMS charges N8200 and it takes 5 working days to deliver.

AZUH:
@Zeeblamj01 . thanks i appreciate.others many una easy with me , i am not jobless , your info can go along way to help someone. is just a small world and no one is perfect . BUT NO P THERE IS GOD OH , i am a business man n my yearly earning is about 7 million it depend on the turn up.i have proofs that i am doing the business but i dont have more than 2m in my account n embassy is looking at 10m for business visa......@france embassy the reason for my refusal :Your intention to leave the territory of the member state before the expiry of the visa could not be ascertained and i submitted all my shares certificate. @ellacute45 all i want is to get my papers i am not desperate. i have searched for short course for 2015 at daad.de. i cud not get anyone all is shortlisted for 2016.please give the school webiste for msc program and the steps to follow . thanks

krone101:
#Done....check your email and let me know if u get mah msg...and if not u can try sending me a msg and I will try responding to it.

krone101:
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Tut mir leid....I mean I sent u a mail through ur email...but now I have just sent u another through nairaland here....I'm a newbie and just taking my time to understand the nairaland interface.

krone101:
Das ist sehr gut. Ich lerne A1 im Goethe Institut.....I have responded to your PM, I hope u get mah msg?

krone101:
I'm also targeting summer masters application too....aber ich lerne jetzt deutsch im geothe institut......abeg PM me make we gather dey roll.

#TeamSummer

Fele1:
Please anybody targeting summer admission in Bachelor Degree like myself that we can roll together?

timaahmad:
Ave done all dat. So plz wen i go 2 d cafey,can i print it from my memory card? Or do i hav to go 2d website again and reprint directly. I already hav it on my phone. tnx. Urgent rply plz

Tunexsy:
Which area are u moving from?
Am moving from Ogun State - Abeokuta