{"id":36602,"date":"2019-07-25T11:10:33","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T15:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/?page_id=36602"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:53:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:53:42","slug":"german","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/academics\/iep\/curriculum\/german\/","title":{"rendered":"German"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">International Engineering Program<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"IEP\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-iep\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-79612\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-79612\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/academics\/iep\/\">IEP Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-79615\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-79615\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/academics\/iep\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-79613\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-79613\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/academics\/iep\/year-abroad\/\">Year Abroad<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-79614\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-79614\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/academics\/iep\/scholarships\/\">Scholarships<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-79610\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-79610\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/academics\/iep\/living-learning-community\/\">LLC<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-79618\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-79618\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/academics\/iep\/people\/\">People<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-79616\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-79616\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/academics\/iep\/about-the-iep\/\">About<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-86978\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-86978\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/aciee\/\">Colloquium<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">German<\/h2>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero  \"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/German-Hero.jpg);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Consider the German IEP?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"type-intro fullwidth\">The country that gave us the BMW, high-speed trains and other engineering feats is a perfect place to learn cutting-edge engineering. Students in the German engineering program encounter some of the world\u2019s most respected engineers and spend time in a country centrally located in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout  right\">\n<a class=\"cl-button  block-level prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/academics\/iep\/enroll\/\" title=\"\">join the iep<\/a>\n\n<a class=\"cl-button  block-level prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/academics\/german\/\" title=\"\">languages department: German<\/a>\n\n<a class=\"cl-button  block-level prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/student-support\/program-curriculum-check-sheets\/iep-curriculum-guides\/\" title=\"\">curriculum guide<\/a>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students in the German IEP spend a semester at two top technical universities: the Technische Universit\u00e4t Braunschweig or Technische Universit\u00e4t Darmstadt in Germany. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students then hold a paid internship at an engineering firm. Students have previously interned at BASF, BMW, Bosch, Hochtief, IAV, Merck, Siemens, ZF, Z\u00fcblin and many others.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where Do German IEP Students Study Abroad?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Browse descriptions of each partner institution in URIAbroad, our study abroad database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/uri-sa.terradotta.com\/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&amp;Program_ID=1062\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Germany-TUB.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"The German flag flies over the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany.\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Technische Universit\u00e4t Braunschweig<\/h2><p>Braunschweig, Germany<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/uri-sa.terradotta.com\/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&amp;Program_ID=10858\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Germany-TUD.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"Historic German half-timber bildings line a canal in a town in Germany.\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Technische Universit\u00e4t Darmstadt<\/h2><p>Darmstadt, Germany (exchange)<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout  \"><h1>Partner Corporations<\/h1><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"cl-tiles thirds\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>Austria<\/strong><br \/>\nKe Kelit (Linz)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Germany<\/strong><br \/>\nAerodata (Braunschweig)<br \/>\nAgfa (Leverkusen, Gera)<br \/>\nAicon 3-D (Braunschweig, Meersburg)<br \/>\nApplied Materials (Alzenau)<br \/>\nAUDI (Ingolstadt)<br \/>\nAviso (Gera)<br \/>\nAxiva (Frankfurt)<br \/>\nBASF (Ludwigshafen, Santiago)<br \/>\nBayer (Leverkusen)<br \/>\nBeinbauer Group (B\u00fcchlberg)<br \/>\nBeiersdorf AG (Hamburg)<br \/>\nBenteler (Paderborn)<br \/>\nBischof + Klein (Lengerich)<br \/>\nBlaupunkt GmbH (Hildesheim)<br \/>\nBMW (M\u00fcnchen, NJ, SC)<br \/>\nBMW Motorsport (M\u00fcnchen)<br \/>\nBMW RR (M\u00fcnchen)<br \/>\nB\u00f6hringer Ingelheim Microparts (Dortmund)<br \/>\nBP Mineral\u00f6l (Gelsenkirchen)<br \/>\nBruker Biospin (Wiessemebourg)<br \/>\nCaterpillar (Mannheim)<br \/>\nColcrete von Essen (Rastede)<br \/>\nConti (Ingolstadt)<br \/>\nContinental (Hannover, Regensburg)<br \/>\nCoplan (Eggenfelden, Regensburg)<br \/>\nDaimler (Sindelfingen, Stuttgart, NJ, MI)<br \/>\nDeutsche Bahn (M\u00fcnchen, Berlin, Minden, Kassel)<br \/>\nDB Cargo (Mainz)<br \/>\nDB Engineering &amp; Consulting (Hannover)<br \/>\nDB Netz (Frankfurt)<br \/>\nDB Schenker (Mainz)<br \/>\nDB Systel (Frankfurt)<br \/>\nDB Systemtechnik (M\u00fcnchen)<br \/>\nDraeger Medical (L\u00fcbeck)<br \/>\nEmitec (Lohmar)<br \/>\nEtalon (Braunschweig)<br \/>\nExperimentierstation Obstbau (Schlachters)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Fraunhofer-Institut f\u00fcr Schicht- und Oberfl\u00e4chentechnik (Braunschweig)<br \/>\nFraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (Stuttgart)<br \/>\nHochtief (Essen, Hamburg)<br \/>\nIAV (Gifhorn, Sindelfingen, N\u00fcrnberg)<br \/>\nIAVF Antriebstechnik AG (Karlsruhe)<br \/>\nInfineon AG (M\u00fcnchen)<br \/>\nInomed (Emmendingen)<br \/>\nInstitute of Automotive Management and Industrial Production (TUBS \u2013 Braunschweig)<br \/>\nInstitut f\u00fcr Elektrische Messtechnik (TUBS \u2013 Braunschweig)<br \/>\nInstitut f\u00fcr Grund und Bodenbau (TUBS \u2013 Braunschweig)<br \/>\nIPAT (TUBS &#8211; Braunschweig)<br \/>\nKOB (Kaiserslautern)<br \/>\nKolbenschmidt Pierburg (Neckarsulm, Abadiano)<br \/>\nKraft Foods (M\u00fcnchen)<br \/>\nKS Fototechnik (Wuppertal)<br \/>\nLeica Camera (Solms)<br \/>\nLemf\u00f6rder AG (SC, Spain, Germany)<br \/>\nLMU Arch\u00e4oBioCenter (M\u00fcnchen)<br \/>\nLufthansa Technik AG (Hamburg)<br \/>\nMachine Learning and Data Analytics Lab (Erlangen)<br \/>\nMahr (G\u00f6ttingen)<br \/>\nMarum (Bremen)<br \/>\nMaurer S\u00f6hne (M\u00fcnchen)<br \/>\nMaxon Motors (Sexau)<br \/>\nMax Planck Institut f\u00fcr Astronomie (Heidelberg)<br \/>\nMercedes (Sindelfingen)<br \/>\nMeyer Werft (Papenburg)<br \/>\nMTU (Hannover, M\u00fcnchen)<br \/>\nNikola Motor (Stuttgart)<br \/>\nNYNAS (Hamburg)<br \/>\nOsram Opto Semiconductors (Regensburg)<br \/>\nPhysikinstrumente (Karlsruhe)<br \/>\nPolyIC (F\u00fcrth)<br \/>\nPorsche (Weissach)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Preusse Baubetriebe GmbH (Hamburg)<br \/>\nPrice Waterhouse (Frankfurt)<br \/>\nQ-Das (Braunschweig)<br \/>\nRalf Vosseler KG (Talheim)<br \/>\nRaytheon Ansch\u00fctz (Kiel)<br \/>\nRobert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Feuerbach)<br \/>\nSaint-Gobain (Cavaillon, Avignon, Germany)<br \/>\nSalzgitter (Salzgitter)<br \/>\nSAP (Karlsruhe, Montreal)<br \/>\nSchroff GmbH (Straubenhardt)<br \/>\nSiemens (M\u00fcnchen, Erlangen, Madrid, Berlin)<br \/>\nSiemens HealthCare (Erlangen)<br \/>\nSiemens Healthineers (Forchheim)<br \/>\nSkylotec (Neuwied)<br \/>\nSky Deutschland (Unterf\u00f6hring)<br \/>\nSteinle Ingenieurgesellschaft f\u00fcr Abwassertechnik (Weyarn)<br \/>\nSupfina (RI, Schapbach)<br \/>\nTennet Offshore (Lehrte)<br \/>\nTrumpf (Ditzingen)<br \/>\nTRW (Alfdorf)<br \/>\nUniCredit (Hypovereinsbank) (M\u00fcnchen)<br \/>\nVAM\/Becker Bau (Kiel)<br \/>\nVan Oord Offshore Wind (Hamburg)<br \/>\nVDO Automotive AG (Villingen)<br \/>\nViessmann (Allendorf)<br \/>\nVolkswagen (Wolfsburg)<br \/>\nVolkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge (Hannover)<br \/>\nVorwerk &amp; Co. (Wuppertal)<br \/>\nZF (various locations in Germany, Spain, France, USA, Mexico, China, Italy)<br \/>\nZ\u00fcblin AG (Stuttgart)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Liechtenstein<\/strong><br \/>\nIntamin Amusement Rides Int. Corp. Est. (Schaan)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Switzerland<\/strong><br \/>\nEwag GmbH (Solothurn)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Language Opportunities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">German (STEM) Immersion Programs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Students wishing to immerse themselves through a 4-6 week summer program in Germany, please send a message to Dr. Sigrid Berka at <a href=\"mailto:sigrid_berka@uri.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sigrid_berka@uri.edu<\/a>\u00a0for guidance on how to apply for the TU Braunschweig German Summer School for Language and Culture by their April deadline.\u00a0Tranfer up to 6 German language credits at one of our partner schools.\u00a0Take beginning through advanced German language classes and enjoy regional excursions.\u00a0<br><br>If interested in a combination of STEM and German language and culture, apply for the TU Darmstadt Summer School Engineering and Language; earn 3 credits each of mechanical\/electrical and German language and culture! Please <a href=\"mailto:sigrid_berka@uri.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contact Sigrid Berka<\/a>\u00a0to get set up for summer study abroad by their March deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Germany J-Term Study Tour<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>January, over winter break<\/em><br>For students enrolled in the International Engineering, Business and Computer Science Programs, it is crucial to get some short-term immersion experience in the country in which they will spend their senior year. This program will allow students to experience the context of the German language and engineering\/business studies. Students earn 1 or 3 URI credits. The course gives students the opportunity to explore the culture, technology environment and communicate with their budding language skills. Visit the program\u2019s blog pages from past trips (<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/uri.edu\/gerjterm2023\/home\">2023<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/uriiep.wixsite.com\/germanyjterm2020\">2020<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/urigermanjterm2019.home.blog\/\">2019<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/uristudienreise2018.wordpress.com\/\">2018<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/uristudienreise2016.wordpress.com\/\">2016<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/uristudienreise2014.wordpress.com\/\">2015<\/a>) for additional information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Engineering Program German Why Consider the German IEP? The country that gave us the BMW, high-speed trains and other engineering feats is a perfect place to learn cutting-edge engineering. Students in the German engineering program encounter some of the world\u2019s most respected engineers and spend time in a country centrally located in Europe. 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