[Engg-enci-l] SUMMER EXCHANGE OPPORTUNITIES

[Shelley Lissel]

*_ATTENTION ALL ENGINEERING STUDENTS_*

If you are interested in *earning a complimentary study or two this 
summer AND learning a second language* then there a couple of exchange 
opportunuties that you should be interested in.
(***Note that the deadlines on any U of C pages have not yet been 
updated for 2006 but deadlines are similar from year to year)


*1) HONG KONG* 
Learn Putongua and Chinese Culture at Hong Kong Polytechnic University 
and *earn 1 complimentary study credit*
Length of Program: *4 weeks in July *followed by an optional 2 week 
program in Beijing in August
*Costs? See the Q & A at *
 http://www.schulich.ucalgary.ca/Civil/InternationalExchanges/HKPolyU-summer.htm
For *more information *on the program see the above link or
http://www.polyu.edu.hk/%7Eaeco/public/summerschool.htm

*2) GERMANY*
*a)  STUTTGART*
Learn German and choose from 5 option courses on European Art and 
Architecture, Cross-Cultural Communication, Transportation and Urban 
Planning, or German Current Events and *earn 1 or 2 complimentary 
studies credits*.
(Civil Engg students may be able to earn credit for ENCI 473)

Length of Program: *6 weeks from mid May to end of June*
*Costs? See the Q & A at *
http://www.schulich.ucalgary.ca/Civil/InternationalExchanges/stuttgart-summerwinter.htm
For *more information *on the program see the above link or
http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/ia/internat/summeruniversity/index.html

*b) ULM *(midway between Stuttgart and Munich)
This is a *new opportunity for this year* and tuition fees in Ulm will 
be waived.
Learn German and Economic Policy of collaboration in Europe and *earn 1 
or 2 complimentary studies credits*. An option in physics (lab 
exercises) is also available.//

Length of Program: *8 weeks from beginning of June  to end of July*
*Costs?* Program is similar to Stuttgart except that the fee is 869 Euro 
(longer program than Stuttgart).
What is included and not inlcuded in this fee is similar to the 
Stuttgart program, *see the Q & A at*
http://www.schulich.ucalgary.ca/Civil/InternationalExchanges/stuttgart-summerwinter.htm
For *more information *on the program see
http://www.uni-ulm.de/international/index.php?id=IO.EN.Incomings.IntSummer


If you are interested in any of these programs please contact
Dr. Shelley Lissel
Department of Civil Engineering
EN F212        220-3513
sllissel at ucalgary.ca