Study Abroad

The Department of Germanics strongly supports and recommends that all students spend a significant time of their education abroad, ideally an entire year, but shorter and more flexible options are also possible. Programs in Germany and Austria are available to all students, regardless of major and German language proficiency provide language and subject specific courses that can be taken for UW credit. Nevertheless, we highly recommend that students complete at least one year of language instruction before going abroad.

The Department of Germanics sponsors the following UW study abroad options:

Baden-Württemberg Program

Heidelberg, Tübingen, Germany

Summer in Berlin

Berlin, Germany

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Spring in Vienna

Vienna, Austria

Next offered: Spring 2020

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Additional Programs

The Office of International Programs and Exchanges (IPE) offers a variety of direct exchanges at German and Austrian Universities whereby UW students enroll in regular university courses at the partner university and receive UW credit for their work. Participants in direct exchanges pay regular UW tuition to UW and no tuition to the host university in Germany or Austria.

There are also independent language programs attractive for short-term study abroad and intensive summer language study.

Use the links below to learn some basic information about the different exchange partner universities and their specific strengths.