Will you please give me information about Erfurt unıversity?I've been accepted there as an exchange student so
I want to learn about the city in general, location of the school, people living there, accomodation, which lessons will be most beneficial as an exchange student from Turkey? In short, please tell me whatever you know.
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I spent 2 years studying in Erfurt, but when it was still a Paedogoegishe Hochschule, not yet a university. The city is wonderful, I still miss it now. As with all cities, there are places to avoid going to (especially if you aren't white) but the town centre is clean, safe and has been largely restored since German unification. The uni campus is in the Andreasvorstadt part of town (the northern approach to the centre) opposite the main hospital and with good tram and bus links to the centre. As a foreign student you'll probably be put into the hall of residence "Wohnheim 6" (Wohnheim Sex, as we knew it...)which is just behind the new library. By German uni standards, it's ok, I lived there for 2 years and loved the atmosphere. You don't want to find yourself in Wohnheim 1, which is miles off campus and 3 to a room. You may have to share a room with another foreign student, and you may be able to choose who you want to share with if you arrive before the start of the semester. If you want someone who is fun and relaxed, pick a Belgian, if you want to party, pick an English student and if you want to study hard and go to bed early, pick a Czech or a Russian. You should have a large foreign community at the uni, we averaged 40 or so foreign students per semester when I was there. A lot of them are from the former Soviet Union and don't speak English, so you have to speak some German already to hang out with them. Take the Deutsch als Fremdsprache courses, my old professors are still running the same ones I did when I was there and they helped me greatly. Also if you like politics try to take at least one class with Dr Thumfart, and Dr May has a history class which is compulsory for students from Belgium, it's so good. The International students' office is helpful and Frau Linde and Frau Schloesser, the International Office staff, are both lovely (hope their English has improved, though...). Check out the websites below for more info (webcams on erfurt.de), and have fun. Wish I could go with you.
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