William & Mary Summer Study Abroad Program in Potsdam
German Language and Culture
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During the summer program, students spend a weekend in beautiful Dresden.
The William & Mary Summer Study Abroad Program in Potsdam, established in 2010, is offered by the University of Potsdam in cooperation with William & Mary's Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.
Within seven weeks, students will have an exciting range of opportunities to explore German language, culture and history in Potsdam and Berlin. A stay with a local host family provides a meaningful intercultural and linguistic experience.
- Program duration: late May – mid July (7 weeks)
- Application deadline: early February (rolling admission)
- Intensive language study (72 contact hours)
- Practical phonetics (18 contact hours)
- Cultural studies course and field trips led by the William & Mary Program Director
- Welcome & Farewell ceremony
- City tours in Potsdam & Berlin
- Field trips to Potsdam's and Berlin's monuments, memorials and museums
- Weekend trips to Dresden & Hamburg
Please find a sample schedule here.
- Students will stay with local families and hosts (breakfast is included).
Further information about the homestay program is available here.
- The program is open to William & Mary students who have completed at least one year of German instruction.
- For further information, please contact William & Mary's Global Education Office.
- Application deadline: early February (rolling admission)
- For further information, please contact William & Mary's Global Education Office.
