International University in Germany (IU)

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Bruchsal is a small town but you can travel to a lots of places in Germany and outside too. In the neighbouring area you can find Heidelberg and Karlsruhe both beautiful cities. Use "die deutsche bahn" because although it's expensive it brings you whereever you want and there are always some kind of special offers.

Before the exchange program I was ok with both languages - English and German. But afterwards my Enlgish improved very much, and also my German improved. It was a little bit funny, that although I was living for 4 months in Germany, I spoke a great deal more English than German. The reason for this was, that at the university most students were international students, so they spoke hardly any German - so the common language was after all English.

The campus at IU was very good, my only problem was my roommates, who weren't students anymore at IU but they still lived there with a totally other lifestyle than students, so it was a bit strange to live with them. But this was the only thing which wasn't so good about IU campus, otherwise I loved campud life.

At Bruchsal out of the campus hardly happens anything (except of Nachtskultur), so campus parties are the bests. With the train you can get to bigger cities like Karlsruhe or Heidelberg, where nightlife is better.