I LOVE THIS PLACE! Customer service is awesome, services are great, and the establishment is clean!…read moreI came here two times in the last couple of days to take my PRE-TABE (test of adult basic education) test and my DLPT (defense language proficiency test). Mrs. Valerie Hilton is the woman who basically runs the testing services. She's very nice, sets everything up, and she gets you in and out! She also provides great encouragement and is very friendly. The process of requesting to take an exam (for the DLPT) is really straight forward and simple. You call and request a test for any language you please, Valerie puts everything together and sends it you an email with the document required (DA 4187) with instructions. She explains everything thoroughly in the email and attachments. Once you get your form completed and emailed to her, she immediately sends you an email with all the dates available for testing. The DLPT consists of two tests: Hearing and Reading. Both exams are three hours each so they require two appointments which can be taken in one day or broken up in two as long as both exams are taken within thirty days. I decided to do both in one day and it was great! I scored what I needed to get my twenty-five promotion points! (= I started the process to request to test the first week of April and tested in a couple weeks. The PRE-TABE was something I requested to test for in the beginning of April and they were able to schedule me a test date with no required paperwork. BLUF: If you would like to take an exam, the ROB Education Center Testing Services building is the place to do it! You won't be disappointed. Everything about this place is A W E S O M E.

The State International School is only one of two state schools in Germany were English is used…read morealmost exclusively as teaching language. As such, it is part of the Schuldorf Bergstraße and is run under the auspices of the Kultusministerium Hessen. Lessons are taught in English with the exception of German lessons (4 times a week, children being separated according to native and non-native speakers). The curriculum follows a combination of the English and Welsh National Curriculum and the International Primary Curriculum (IPS), with some input from the elementary curriculum of the state of Hesse. The school is still new (it started in 2005/06), and will grow with its pupils. In 09/10 there will be a year 6 class for the first time. Year 1 and 2 are taught together in one class (which is not exclusive to this school, but becoming more and more common in the state of Hesse). Core teaching times are from 8.45am to 3pm, with supervision (with or without extracurricular activities) available from 7.30am onwards, and from 3 to 6pm. It is not a school for children to learn English, but rather a school for English speaking children, however, not a school for native English speakers exclusively.

This is a State international school, which means tuition is VERY low (2007-08 school year is 270…read moreEuro/month for supervision fees). For english-only speaking parents, there are some concerns. Some important written general communications come in German first, with English versions coming later (sometimes much later.) (This excludes curriculum and classroom communications, which are always in english.) The teaching staff is truly international, consisting of teachers from the UK, USA, Germany, France and Jamaica. The teachers I've dealt with are good, though I understand from other parents that communication levels differ greatly from class to class. (Only one teacher in the entire school currently provides a weekly schedule and a newsletter covering the previous week's events.) The school shares many resources with the local German Grundschule, including the secretary and Headmaster, so they are commensurately overburdened and have limited availability. It is also not entirely clear as to who is responsible for what in general terms of funding/building the school receives some funding from the state (Hessen) and some costs (see above) are covered by parents and there is a non-profit group (Förderverein) who are responsible for raising money for the school from activities like bake sales and flea markets as well as courting large corporations for funding. The school is currently grades 1-4 with a new building coming later to cover years 5-12.

From the owner: Die Popakademie Baden-Württemberg - University of Popular Music and Music Business ist eine…read moreEinrichtung des Landes Baden-Württemberg in Kooperation mit der Stadt Mannheim und Partnern der Medien. Sie ist Hochschuleinrichtung und Kompetenzzentrum für die Musikwirtschaft und -szene in einem. Seit dem Jahr 2003 kann man an der Popakademie die beiden Bachelor-Studiengänge Musikbusiness und Popmusikdesign belegen. Seit dem Wintersemester 2011/12 werden außerdem die Master-Studiengänge Music and Creative Industries sowie Popular Music angeboten. Seit dem Wintersemester 2015/16 bietet die Popakademie zudem den deutschlandweit einzigartigen Bachelor-Studiengang Weltmusik an. Als Kompetenzzentrum fördert die Popakademie Baden-Württemberg die Newcomer-Szene in Deutschland und realisiert zahlreiche Projekte im nationalen und internationalen Zusammenhang.

Had an amazing time studying abroad at WHU. The office that oversees incoming students does a…read moretremendous job of helping you make the transition and stay on top of all the things you need to do living in another country. Not only that, but they also make the effort to get you involved as early as often as possible to meet as many people as possible. The teachers are top notch and the school is competitive, but the students were some of the most social and outgoing ones I will ever meet.