Studying at a University in Europe.

As far as I'm aware, Britain is in europe

I think they mean mainland Europe.

Seeing as this is a british university forum it probably isn't the best place to as, but hopefully there will be some knowledgeable people out there.

I'm applying for Chinese and German (see in sig) to english universities. Obviously as part of these degrees there would be a year abroad but I have been thinking about at least researching the possibility of going to University in Germany or Austria.

I know they have a different kind of degree system, but so far any searching has been rather fruitless and either aimed at US students or international exchange programmes.

So any information that anyone has or links to useful websites is appreciated.

I don't get the connection of German with Chinese. Why this choice?

I don't get the connection of German with Chinese. Why this choice?

Strong trade links.

Also from a friend I have heard that many rich people in Hong Kong want nannies for their babies to teach them a different language, and German is more sought after than English (although this may be because they assume English is taught at school anyway etc.).

So there is a link for sure.

At OP - most german university courses are in German - do you feel you would cope?

http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/diplo/de/Infoservice/FAQ/Studium/04-AuslandssemesterDeutschland.html

this might be mroe helpful, it is the FAQ's in English

http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/diplo/en/Infoservice/FAQ/Studium/Uebersicht.html

Thanks. This is pretty much the exact information I've been searching for!
To be honest I'm not sure about the level of German.
What has made me consider this is visiting SOAS yesterday, seeing the number of international students and thinking, 'If they can study abroad, why can't I?'
Obviously I will be getting the year abroad within a degree here, but this could be an alternative route.

Can I ask, are you an international student/german or simply a helpful person, who can use google well?