Opportunities

While You Are In High School:

After You Graduate From High School:

GAPP-Exchange:

For Centennial High School's GAPP-exchange program, go to our GAPP Exchange page. Students who successfully complete the month-long exchange are eligible to apply for a semester at our German partner school.

Year-Long High School Study through GAPP:

Juniors can apply to attend school during their senior year through Studienbrücke (Study Bridge). After completing the program, the student can attend a German university. The program includes language classes, preparation for German Gymnasium, especially MINT-subjects, and exams. Students will live with a German host family and attend the local school. They must be in 11th grade at the time of their application, and they must have attended an American school for at least 6 years. Their language level must be at least A1 (completion of German 2).

AATG Summer Study Program:

Each summer, American students who have completed at least 2 years of German can attend a German high school for 3 weeks. This is similar to our GAPP-Exchange, but a bit more expensive, and there is no return visit from the German students. However, it takes place every summer, and students have choices of different dates/locations. Click here for more information.

There are different ways of getting the trip for free or obtaining assistance:

1. Scholarships: a full scholarship for minority students of German, and partial scholarships that are needs-based.

2. The annual Award of Excellence contest gives 3 trips away each year; all students in German get to enter during class.

3. Students in German 3 or 4 who have previously been inducted into the German Honor Society, Delta Epsilon Phi, can win one of the trips through the Käthe Wilson Scholarship.

Bundestag-Congress Exchange:

Spend a year at a German high school on an all expenses paid scholarship from the German and American governments. You must be between 15 and 18 years at the start of the program with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Knowing some German is useful, but not required. Applications are due between December and February each year. Click here for information. See the attached file below for the flyer.

Goethe-Institut Classes:

The Goethe Institut offers German classes and examinations of different lengths at different levels in Germany, the USA, and many other countries around the world. Click here for information.

Working in Germany:

Go here for all types of information about working in Germany: job hunting, visa applications, moving, settling in, etc. Click on "EN" for the English version.

German in Colorado Colleges:

The following colleges/universities offer German. Click on their names for more information.

CSU Pueblo (Beginning/Intermediate,Study Abroad)

CU Boulder (Major/Minor and Exchange Programs)

CU Denver (Minor, Certificate; Study Abroad)

CSU Ft. Collins (Major/Minor, MA, Education Abroad)

Colorado College (Major/Minor, Teacher Licensure, Study Abroad)

University of Colorado, Co. Springs (Minor, Education Abroad)

General Information on Studying in Germany:

Click here for the German Missions in the U.S. web site's page about college education in Germany, including reasons, locations, and funding.

Click here for an article about 10 things you should know before studying at a German university.

Bundestag-Congress Exchange for Young Professionals:

This is open to young people interested in all career fields, especially business, science, engineering, agricultural, technical, and vocational fields from diverse backgrounds. They must be between 18 and 24 at the beginning of the program, have a high school diploma, clear career goals, and some experience in their chosen field (internship, work, volunteering, etc.). Knowing some German is useful, but not required.

75 people from the USA spend a year in Germany on an all expenses paid scholarship from the German and American governments. The program includes intensive language training, study in Germany, and an internship.

Deadline is December 1 every year. Click here for information.

DAAD: German Academic Exchange Service:

The DAAD coordinates a multitude of exchance opportunities for college students, researchers, and instructors at all levels, including undergraduate, graduate, PhD candidates, and teacher/instructor exchanges. Click here for more information.

Chattanooga Volkswagen Academy:

A three-year dual vocational training program, combining paid on-the-job-training and academic and practical training in the Automation Mechatronics Program or the Car Mechatronics Program. This apprenticeship model was featured on this year's Award of Excellence video. Click here for more information and the e-mail address for the application.