Study and research in Germany

My name is Lucia Contreras Garcia and I'm 27 years old. For two years I have been living in Cologne already, doing my PhD in linguistics. My study focuses upon differences between three germanic languages (English, German and Dutch) and three romanic ones (French, Italian and Spanish) and how they show a series of discrepancies between their semantic and syntactic level according to the model (derivational or non-derivational) one uses to analyse them and this, according to the conception of the syntax-semantics interface of the model being used.

Besides Cologne I have also lived in Tours and Toulouse (France), Edinburgh (Scotland) and Brussels (Belgium).

Read my blog!

I am Ram Shankar, Velur Selvamani from Chennai, India. I hold a Masters in Biotechnology from Anna University, Chennai. I am 24 years old and I have got my DAAD scholarship to pursue my doctorate studies in Bioverfahrenstechnik at the Friedrich - Alexander Universitaet Erlangen - Nuernberg.

I am a friendly and easy-going person and I love helping people and sharing ideas with them. I am a keen listener as well as an enthusiastic speaker and I do not miss any chance to actively take part in debates among groups of friends in wide-ranging topics. I like to learn more from my interactions with people. Nevertheless, I believe a man matures and gains more knowledge in every aspect of life, more from his own life experiences than anything else. That is why I want to share my experieinces in Germany with other aspiring students so that it would certinly benefit them in someway in the future. In today’s world, right information at the right time is everything.

My hobbies range from taking a stroll amid natural surroundings and admiring them to reading up on early medieval period warriors and long-forgotten battles. Nature, animals and historical literature (mostly from internet and documentary films on TV) interest me the most.

I first saw Germany through Frankfurt am Main Flughafen. To say I was overwhelmed would be understatement! I felt like the whole of Frankfurt city was contained within the airport! It was so huge and so busy. Just imagining the kind of work involved in managing such a huge magnitude of critical parameters - different people from different backgrounds, different languages, so many so many levels, flights from so many countries, departures, arrivals, time schedules, connecting flights - simply mind blogging! But everything keeps going smoothly. And I had had my first taste of German efficiency!

Read my blog!

I am a 27 year old holder of a bachelors degree in Applied Aquatic Sciences from Egerton University, Kenya. I have worked as a research assistant at Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO East Africa)in the fisheries programs since 2007. Prior to my graduation, I have served as a volunteer during vacation since 2004. My main research interest includes fisheries ecology, conservation and management and use of local ecological knowledge in natural resource research and management.
Currently I am pursuing my MSc in Tropical Aquatic Ecology in Bremen for two years. During my free time I love listening to classical music and singing in the church choir, I love hockey and cooking my favorite dish, being fish red snapper to be precise. Read my blog!

From my personal experience