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A
warm welcome to Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen!
Since 2000 we are glad to host this 4-week seminar that is designed
to give young South Africans a taste of German culture and business
life. You can feel privileged for having been chosen by your home
universities and technikons for participation in this most successful
immersion program.
Besides the fact that you find yourself learning about Germany at
an internationally most renowned research university in this country,
during the upcoming 4 weeks you will also be living in a lovely
and picturesque town, where student life goes along very well in
midst a stunning architecture with medieval facades, with crooked
streets, and countless romantic sights.
I am confident that in the near future you will look back at your
Tübingen experience as a life-changing eye-opener and as one of
the most exciting experiences in your young lives. Among the various
activities of Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen relating to South
Africa the Tübingen South Africa Program is certainly the most ambitious
one, which in the meantime well over 240 students have benefited
from. Our enthusiastic and experienced team has put together an
exciting schedule for you. Coming from the southern to the northern
hemisphere, from a warm summer to rather chilly winter temperatures
you will find that things are quite different here in Germany, and
these differences do not only apply to the climate and food.
The making of this program would not have been possible without
the input from various organizations that need to be acclaimed in
this context. The idea for the Tübingen South Africa Seminar is
based on the fact that Gauteng, Kwa-Zulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and
Western Cape are all partner provinces of the State of Baden-Württemberg,
and Tübingen is located in the heart of this German region. Therefore
a first big "Thank you" goes to the Ministry of Science, Research
and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg that provides the bulk of funds
for conducting this program. Then, our gratitude goes to our friends
at the University of Stellenbosch who have taken the leadership
in South Africa and done all the preparatory coordination work in
the run-up to your departure. Also, we would like to thank the following
institutions for their support by financing the flight for their
participant(s):Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Durban University
of Technology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, North West
University, Rhodes University, Tshwane University of Technology,
University of Johannesburg, University of KwaZuluNatal, University
of Limpopo, University of Stellenbosch, University of Venda, University
of the Witwatersrand, University of Zululand, Vaal University of
Technology.
So, welcome again to an exciting month in a true UniverCity and
I am positive that you will enjoy and profit from "Tübingen 2011"
as much as your predecessors. Have a great time in Tübingen!
With my best wishes,
Wolfgang Mekle
Director,
International Relations
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