studying mandarin + economics in germany or china?

[anonymoose]

Does the reason have anything to do with members of the opposite sex?

I was thinking the same thing.

My opinion is, do your degree in Germany first. You will have a lot more opportunities in China, in Germany and the rest of the world with a German degree than you will with a Chinese degree. Once you have graduated then you can come back to China and will be in a much stronger position.

[Scoobyqueen]

If somebody didnt already point this out, bear in mind if you study in Germany your study/learning/translation language will probably be German, rather than English, so for translation exercises, lectures and other areas where translation of terms are required you would be translating into German. Consider this if you prefer to learn using English as your learning language.

I came across someone last year who did business combined with Chinese at Cologne. She went on to use her Chinese doing goverment work I think promoting relations between Germany and China.

[singlung]

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Does the reason have anything to do with members of the opposite sex?

I was thinking the same thing.

hahaha i didn't know it's that obvious ;) well yeah, we were introduced to each other and had a great connection from the start. she tells me to go to germany to study, too. but still i was thinking that staying here would be great.

My opinion is, do your degree in Germany first. You will have a lot more opportunities in China, in Germany and the rest of the world with a German degree than you will with a Chinese degree. Once you have graduated then you can come back to China and will be in a much stronger position.

yes, yes and yes again. i guess i just needed someone to tell me this again since everybody here encourages me to stay of course and i didn't tell anybody about my thoughts at home yet. so thanks for that!

If somebody didnt already point this out, bear in mind if you study in Germany your study/learning/translation language will probably be German, rather than English, so for translation exercises, lectures and other areas where translation of terms are required you would be translating into German. Consider this if you prefer to learn using English as your learning language.

you are the first and you are right about that. pretty much all chinese i learned so far was being taught in english though but it will still be better to have some input in german for sure.

I came across someone last year who did business combined with Chinese at Cologne. She went on to use her Chinese doing goverment work I think promoting relations between Germany and China.

wow that sounds interesting!! i was thinking about doing something like that.

summing it all up, i really gotta go back! yes, my feelings for that girl and for the place made my mind go crazy and i needed someone neutral to point some things out again!

i will keep you updated of course. thanks!

[tortue]

It might be a little late, but to come back to the original question, did you search for curricula at german universities who propose a double degree program?

I'd bet there are plenty. For example the engineering faculty I studied at proposed it for computer science

Since this means usually at least two years of study abroad, it could best fit your needs.

And after your studies I think it will be considered a huge plus in any country.

Of course you may be not sure at the time you enroll to be accepted for the program, but if you show interest even before enrolling, keep asking the right people, and even have some real world experience in China I think you will rank way ahead most of your fellow students applying for the program, unless maybe your marks are completely out of line...

[tortue]

did you search for curricula at german universities who propose a double degree program?

I'd bet there are plenty. For example the engineering faculty I studied at proposed it for computer science

What I didn't know when I wrote this is that when that double degree agreement at my university was set up in 2003, it was the first one that ever existed between a chinese a german university...