Secondos program

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Secondos program
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founding 2009
place regensburg
management Walter Kosmal
Website www.uni-regensburg.de/secondos

The Secondos program at the University of Regensburg is aimed at students who grew up in Germany with a second linguistic and cultural background.

Secondos ” is a term used in Switzerland and describes the descendants of immigrants in the second or subsequent generation.

The program gives students the opportunity to develop the potential of their bicultural background during their studies at the University of Regensburg and to use it for their professional and personal future.

In particular, the Secondos program can be combined with all Bachelor programs at the University of Regensburg. Students attend language and regional studies courses during their studies and are prepared for the most important phase of the program, namely the stay abroad at the partner university in their home country. At the end of your studies you will receive a secondos certificate in addition to your bachelor's degree. It certifies that they have the best intercultural training and experience. Students in master’s courses or state examination subjects can also benefit from various offers of the program.

Students who are not secondos but have a strong interest in one of the partner countries in other ways can also take part.

Currently (2014) the program is offered to students with a background in Croatia , Poland , Romania , Russia , Ukraine and Hungary . The inclusion of further countries is planned.

Program content

  • Language courses accompanying the course in the language of origin
  • Study in the country of origin

Additional offers

  • Regular secondos meetings
  • Advice on summer language courses and scholarships for summer language courses
  • Advice on cultural studies courses at the UR
  • Advice on internships
  • Arranging research internships for chemistry students
  • Participation in the tandem program

Model of a course of study

1st stage of study at the University of Regensburg
  • Study in the Bachelor subject of your choice
  • Preparation for the stay abroad by attending language and regional studies courses during your studies
  • Participation in other Secondos offers (Secondos meeting, tandem exchange program, etc.)
2nd stage of study: 1 or 2 semesters at the partner university in the home country
  • Continuation of studies on the basis of learning agreements
3rd stage of study at the University of Regensburg
  • Continuation of studies
  • Language and regional studies courses accompanying the course
  • Obtaining a bachelor's degree from UR
  • Delivery of the Secondos certificate

Partner universities and countries

Further partnership agreements are planned with universities in Serbia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

Added value for participants

  • Awareness of the invaluable advantages of a second linguistic and cultural background
  • Harnessing the potential of the second linguistic and cultural background
  • Completion of a three-year bachelor's degree with an integrated stay abroad without losing time
  • Receipt of a Secondos certificate at the end of your studies
  • Contact with potential future employers who operate in an international and intercultural environment
  • Contacts with other secondos

Awards

  • Price “go out! Studying Worldwide ”by the DAAD and the BMBF 2014
  • German employer award for education 2011

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. DAAD honors motivation concepts from German universities . go-out.de. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  2. ^ German Employer Award for Education 2011 . arbeitgeber.de. Retrieved October 4, 2015.