Our first Exchange Stu­dents from NDU have arrived at Bauhaus-Uni­ver­sität Weimar!

Get­ting two stu­dents set­tled into a new uni­ver­sity, a new city, and a new coun­try does­n’t hap­pen overnight — a lot of quiet, essen­tial work went into mak­ing this exchange a suc­cess. On the BUW side, the Inter­na­tional Office, the Head of the Bach­e­lor of Archi­tec­ture pro­gramme, and the Aca­d­e­mic Advi­sor for Incom­ing Exchange Stu­dents all worked closely together to align course selec­tion, sort out credit recog­ni­tion, and put together a proper ori­en­ta­tion at the Fac­ulty of Archi­tec­ture and Urban­ism. At the same time, we stayed in close con­tact with col­leagues at NDU to make sure both uni­ver­si­ties were on the same page about what the exchange should look like.

Behind the scenes, our teams han­dled every­thing needed to get them here and set­tled: accom­mo­da­tion, enrol­ment, ori­en­ta­tion, and access to Ger­man lan­guage courses. Both stu­dents have now arrived in Weimar and are get­ting to know their new home — from the stu­dios of the Fac­ulty of Archi­tec­ture and Urban­ism to the streets of the city itself.

This is just the begin­ning. In future exchange rounds, we’re hop­ing to wel­come stu­dents from the Sci­en­tific Col­lege of Design (SCD) in Oman as well, with the pos­si­bil­ity of new part­ner insti­tu­tions join­ing the pro­gramme down the line.

A warm wel­come to our new NDU stu­dents — we’re glad to have you here!