Impressions from Germany (Nuremberg)

At the moment there are two Students of the Georg-Simon-Ohm University of Applied Sciences in the MAMK University. One in the business  field and one in the IT field. I’m from the IT field and I want to compare my university with the Mamk University.

At first i want to explain why I wanted to study abroad:

-    Improve my English skills
-    Improve my opportunities for jobs after my study
-    Meet people from other countries
-    Visit many places in Scandinavian

My university:

Georg Simon Ohm University of Applied Sciences in Nuremberg (GSO)

Our university provides teachings and research, related to practice, and is well-known for its wide range of courses. Twelve faculties in four directions of study offer undergraduate and advanced courses in addition to further education opportunities or dual study variants.

With more than 8,500 students, approximately 250 professors and many assistant lecturers we are the largest university of applied sciences in the metropolitan region of Nuremberg, the second largest in Bavaria and one of the largest nationwide.
The GSO is also an active "global player" and has built up more than one hundred university partnerships worldwide.  This facilitates the international exchange programmes, from which around 1,100 of our foreign students from 90 nations benefit.

The history of our university goes back as far as 1823, when the state polytechnic was founded - one of the first. Our university is not just named after the world famous physicist Georg Simon Ohm, but he also worked here from 1839 to 1849 as rector and professor of physics and mathematics.

The Greek omega in our logo stands for the largest discovery by Georg Simon Ohm: electrical resistance. The "Ohm" stands for the international unity of electrical resistance since 1893.

Comparison:

University

Compared to our university, the university in Mikkeli is not so big and there are not so many courses to choose. In the ERASMUS program you have to do 30 ECTS points in one semester and it was difficult to make this (I made only 23), because there are some overlapping between the courses.

Here you can find the courses offered in English at my university:
courses-in-english

Lecturers

There are some very young lecturers in the MAMK University. The most lecturers in my university are not so young because they worked in the industry or had their own company.


Number of students in the courses

In my study field “Electrical Engineering” every year start 200 students. In the first semesters the number of students in one course is about 50 and after using a special field in the 4th semester there are about 20 students in each lesson and about 10 or less in the practical courses. In MAMK University the number of students varied between 4 and 20, so it was the same like in my home university.

Course stuff and Exams

The stuff and the exams in the courses were not heavy and so much like at home. I think they make it not so heavy because for everybody it is a foreign language, for the lecturers and the students. In my home university I had to work very hard for every course and it is not so easy to pass an exam. Here the courses are not so mathematically orientated and the lectures immediately combine it with practical experiments.

Contact

When you want to know more about my university you can vistit the webpage

Georg-Simon-Ohm University of Applied Sciences


For more information about exchange programs for foreign students

International Office