Study Abroad Program in Jena

Department of Languages and Cultures

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

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You can reach the home page for the Friedrich Schiller-Universität in Jena by clicking here: Uni-Jena

Bloomsburg University, Department of Languages and Cultures

The 1000-year-old city of Jena lies in the middle of Germany on the Saale river, in the Land of Thuringia. With a population of over 100,000, the city is best known as a university and intellectual center and home to the Zeiss optics works. Its many attractions include museums, well-preserved landmark buildings and monuments, and the botanical garden.

Study in Jena does not cost much more than studying in Bloomsburg.

• Students pay tuition and fees at Bloomsburg University, the same as if they were taking classes in Bloomsburg.
• Financial aid and grants apply to study in Jena as they would at Bloomsburg.
• Students need to purchase a student ID card in Jena for about $48.00. This ID not only allows access to university facilities, such as the library, but is good for student discounts, and permits free travel on all public transportation!
• Room and board varies. In the past, students have paid about $210 per month for a dorm room (all dorm rooms are single). The rooms are very clean and accomodating. Although there is no meal plan as we know it, the university dining halls offer a wide variety of midday meals at a very low price. Otherwise, students generally prepare their own meals in the dormitory.
• Travel to Jena includes air fare to Frankfurt am Main and then railway fare to Jena (about a three-hour train ride). Travel costs vary widely. In the past, students have taken advantage of off-season rates and have purchased plane tickets for as low as under $400. The train costs approximately $75 one way.

• Students take 12 to 18 credit hours.
• Credits transfer as per advisement with the program director.

• The summer semester at Jena begins at the end of March or the beginning of April, and ends at the end of July.
• Our students enjoy a full week of orientation to adjust to the university, the city, and to help get settled in.
• Students take courses in German language, literature, culture and history. These courses are adapted to their linguistic abilities.
• The university offers optional low-cost excursions to other German cities as extra-curricular events.
• Students take 12 to 18 credit hours.
• Credits transfer as per advisement with the program director.

To be eligible for the program, students must

• be enrolled at Bloomsburg university
• be in good standing at the university
• have completed two years of college German above the elementary level, or the equivalent, by the beginning of the program.