Location:

Berlin, Germany

Program Type:

Study Abroad

Degree Level:

Undergraduate

Term:

Summer, Winter Semester

Program Overview

Program Description:

FUBiS is an intensive, academic program through which students can earn credits that may be counted towards their degrees at their home institutions. FUBiS sessions run for 3 to 6 weeks and take place both in summer and winter - on site as well as online.

FUBiS program 2021:

• Term I - Online (January 4 - 27, registration until Dec. 7, early bird discount until Nov. 9)
• Term II (May 29 - July 10, early bird discount until April 3)
• Term III (July 17 - August 14, early bird discount until May 22)

More information on all FUBiS terms in 2021 will follow here and on the FUBiS website in fall 2020.

FUBiS has successfully completed the Quality Improvement Program (QUIP) of the Forum on Education Abroad. By going through this process FUBiS has demonstrated that it is in conformity with the Forum’s Standards of Good Practice, maintains a commitment and dedication both to offering high quality programs in education abroad at a level of excellence acceptable to the larger academic community, and to continuous assessment and improvement.

The overall FUBiS program offers students many choices depending on the term:

• Participation in either one semi-intensive German class or in one subject class.
• Intensive German language classes. These classes meet every weekday and allow students to focus on and thus considerably improve their German skills. 
• Combination of language and subject classes (Term II/III). This allows students to improve their language skills as well as further their knowledge of a subject matter.
• Combination of two subject classes (Term II/III) which may count toward a major or minor at the home institution.
• Online subject and German classes, some of which are combinable (Term II/III).
• Free digital lectures and more on the FUBiS YouTube channel.

Courses Term I 2021 (January 4 - 27)

• Twentieth Century Berlin: People, Places, Words (EN)
• European Studies (EN)
• Seduction and Terror: Hitler's Germany (EN)
• German Philosophy: From Kant to Habermas (EN)
• German Language and Culture - Deutsche Sprache und Kultur levels A1, A2, and B1

Each course is worth 4 ECTS credits.

Courses Term II 2021 (May 29 - July 10)

In Term II 2021 we are offering on-site and online courses which cannot be combined.

FUBiS On-Site:

• Twentieth Century Berlin: People, Places, Words (EN)
• Seduction and Terror: Hitler's Germany (EN)
• Berlin and the Digital Music Era (EN)
• German Language and Culture - Deutsche Sprache und Kultur (Intensive & Semi-Intensive, from level A1 to level C1)

FUBiS Online:

• Europe, Migration, Refugees (EN)
• Economics of European Integration (EN)
• Economic Ethics: Can the Market be Moral? (EN)
• History of European Art: Local Traditions and Transnational Networks (EN)
• Intercultural Competence: Cooperation and Leadership at a Distance (EN)
• More than just a game - Football as a Philosophical, Anthropological and Sociological Subject (EN)
• German Language and Culture - Deutsche Sprache und Kultur (Semi-Intensive, from level A1 to level C1)

Each course is worth from 7 to 11 ECTS credits.

For details on the schedule, registration and more, please visit the FUBiS website.

Courses Term III 2021 (July 17 - August 14)

In Term III 2021 we are offering on-site and online courses which cannot be combined.

FUBiS On-Site:

• Twentieth Century Berlin: People, Places, Words (EN)
• Berlin and the Digital Music Era (EN)
• Architecture in Berlin. A Walk through History (EN)
• Law, Society and Politics in Comparative Perspective (EN)
• Urban Imaginaries: Between Place and Space in Berlin (EN)
• Global Challenges – Sustainable Futures (EN)
• Art in Germany from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century (EN, Multi-City course)
• The Making of Europe: The Long 20th Century (EN, Multi-City course)
• German Language and Culture - Deutsche Sprache und Kultur (Intensive & Semi-Intensive, from level A1 to level C1)

FUBiS Online (8 am to 12.30 pm CEST):

• Economic Ethics: Can the Market be Moral? (EN)
• The European Union in the 21. Century: Internal and External Challenges (EN)
• Communication and Cooperation Across Culture at a Distance (EN)
• German Language and Culture - Deutsche Sprache und Kultur (Semi-Intensive, from level A1 to level C1)

FUBiS Online (4 pm to 8.30 pm CEST):

• Seduction and Terror: Hitler's Germany (EN)
• Business & Society in Europe (EN)
• Europe, Migration, Refugees (EN)
• Schlüsselwerke der deutschen Literatur von der Klassik bis zur Gegenwart (DE)
• German Philosophy: From Kant to Habermas (EN)
• History of European Art: Travelling Artists and Artworks (EN)
• The Cold War (EN)
• German Language and Culture - Deutsche Sprache und Kultur (Semi-Intensive, from level A1 to level C1)

Each course is worth from 5 to 7 ECTS credits.

For details on the schedule, registration and more, please visit the FUBiS website.

Setting Description:

FUBiS is located in the southwest of Berlin in the green and quiet district of Lankwitz.

Cost:

800 - 1,650 EUR. This tuition fee applies to online and on-site courses in the FUBiS Program 2021 and includes, in addition to the class, the course-related field work and the course reading material. A non-refundable program fee (90€ online and 250€ on-site) applies in addition to the tuition. The program fee includes an official FUBiS transcript, (digital) student ID, and virtual cultural offers. FUBiS On-site covers also the facilities on the campus, guided Tours and student ID (on-site for discounts).

Additional Program Information

Requirements:

Students must be at least 18 years of age and should have completed at least one year of higher education (college or university) at the beginning of the FUBiS program. However, registrants to the FUBiS program do not have to be enrolled in any program at the point of their registration. FUBiS also accepts registrations by adult learners and professionals. Please note that credits can only be awarded if you are currently/ have been enrolled at a university.