A Mechanical Engineering Degree for 100 EU/sem ... You just need to do it in German

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  1. nyvrem

    nyvrem Active Member

  2. Marcus Aurelius

    Marcus Aurelius Active Member

    There are many degree programs in Germany that are now taught entirely in English. And they are tuition-free, too! Not DL though. More info here...

    https://beyondthestates.com/
     
  3. mintaru

    mintaru Active Member

    The €100 per semester price only applies if this is your first degree. If it's not, then there is an additional fee of €350.
    TU Dresden also offers a Bachelor's degree in civil engineering and postgraduate 'Diplom-Ingenieur' degrees in civil and mechanical engineering, all in German, of course.

    https://tu-dresden.de/studium/vor-dem-studium/studienangebot/sins/sins_studiengang?set_language=en&autoid=10160

    https://tu-dresden.de/studium/vor-dem-studium/studienangebot/sins/sins_studiengang?set_language=en&autoid=1

    https://tu-dresden.de/studium/vor-dem-studium/studienangebot/sins/sins_studiengang?set_language=en&autoid=5

    'Diplom-Ingenieur' is the traditional German Masters-level degree in engineering. Only universities in the German state of Saxony still offer that traditional degree, and Dresden is the capital of Saxony.

    By the way, the Technical University of Dresden, back then called Technische Hochschule Dresden, offers DL engineering degrees since 1950! Dresden was, of course, part of East Germany in 1950.

    That's true, of course, but Germany just made it harder for Americans to get admitted to a German university. There is even an article about it on that website: https://beyondthestates.com/germany-changes-requirements/

    What that article does not mention is the reason why that change was made. The problem is, a high number of American students drops out of German universities after one or two semesters and most of those who do that were admitted based on their SAT or ACT results. Therefore, Germany no longer accepts these tests.
     
  4. Lerner

    Lerner Well-Known Member

    Mechanical Engineering distance learning (Bachelor)???

    Is this 100% DL? Mechanical Engineering usually requires a lab attendance, experiments, projects etc.



     
  5. mintaru

    mintaru Active Member

    It is not 100 percent DL and I think that will be a deal breaker for virtually every American. The truth is, we have here an example of "Lost in Translation".

    The English page about that degree course is, of course, a translation of the German version and that German version calls it 'Fernstudium'. Virtually every dictionary will list 'distance learning' and maybe also 'distance studies' (the latter is a literal translation) as the translation of the German word 'Fernstudium' There is only one problem, a 'Fernstudium' is by definition never 100 percent distance learning. The German word for a 100 percent DL degree is 'Onlinestudium'.
     

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