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Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by marcondo13: 10:18am On Oct 06, 2019 |
Send am again. Goztino: |
Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by Hadampson(m): 6:00pm On Oct 06, 2019 |
Frankmoney Freeman59 Jaynyra stephots10 Kindly share your experience in Deutschland with us PLEASE. Danke im voraus 1 Like |
Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by stephots10: 8:55pm On Oct 07, 2019 |
I will try to update you guys when I land in Munich. 1 Like |
Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by abimcdssi: 11:35pm On Oct 08, 2019 |
olaadesie:Cologne is not as expensive as Berlin and Bayern. |
Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by stephots10: 11:29am On Oct 09, 2019 |
So local man landed in Munich yesterday. The journey wasn't an easy one, got settled down to a hostel around 5pm since 9am I landed at the airport. Munich is a very beautiful city, the system works perfectly here, still finding it difficult to understand all the transportation system and to get around here. things expensive die, a hostel of 8people in a room cost me 24euro a night around 9,500naira. local man is still trying to settle down, I will update you guys with beautiful pics as soon as I get myself. 14 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by Shogun200: 3:36pm On Oct 09, 2019 |
Deustchemann:thanks a lot for your contributions to this platform, pls I want to apply for a programme on uniassist platform , though I saw the school but didn't see the programme, thanks for your response. |
Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by Hadampson(m): 5:16pm On Oct 09, 2019 |
stephots10: Servus ![]() Thanks for the update boss. Expecting more updates from you ![]() Prost |
Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by Hadampson(m): 5:17pm On Oct 09, 2019 |
Shogun200: Kindly direct your question to the appropriate thread. Thank you 1 Like |
Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by amikable97: 6:13pm On Oct 09, 2019 |
stephots10: Congratulations, I pray that you will be able to settle down quickly... I believe that Munich will favour you in every way Cheers |
Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by Bbinc: 8:07am On Oct 10, 2019 |
Landed in Leipzig Germany at about 5:40pm on Monday The first thing you'll notice is that the racism you're scared of is not that pronounced. I haven't had a single bad encounter with them tho. A Tunisian lady I met at the airport helped me booked my train ticket, even offered to help me pay as she assumed I didn't have enough cash on me. A german male helped me with my bags off the train without me even asking when he saw me struggling with it, and it was really heavy. Try to arrange an accommodation before y9u arrive. I arrived my school on Monday at about 11pm. Went to the studierenwerk the next morning and got my room. Told them I didn't have an account yet so couldn't do transfer, I opted to pay in cash and she said the cashpoint was not opened for the day till next week. I was surprised she still handed me the keys and asked me to come and pay next Wednesday. OBSERVATIONS As long as you don't overstep your boundaries, you're not likely to have any issues with them. And please for your own good, respect their personal space, they take it very very serious. Don't come to close when talking or be attempting to touch them while talking like you do in Nigeria. The cold isn't that much yet, it's about 6degrees. I don't feel it much yet but most of my friends are always on winter jackets and kitted up, lol. Everybody with their cold tolerance tho. Most people understand a bit of English so you can get by pretty easily, but you'll need it to work, so still learn it to allow you integrate easily. ADVICE Try to know as much about your city as is possible, I watched practically all the videos on YouTube about my city so I knew most streets by their name already. The taxi man didn't even know the school as much as I did, lol. Food is relatively cheap here, just find EutoShop in your city, everything there is €1. Plates I bought for €9 each the day before I found for €1 the next day. They have almost everything you can need besides winter jacket, shoes and the obviously expensive items. Before you head to any store to shop, try to get to EutoShop and buy all you can find that you need. The other stores can be for things you can't find in the EutoShop. It's a quite country where everyone minds his business, don't expect that Nigerian noise thing here. Everyone moves in a hurry, the cold wouldn't allow you walk sluggishly if not you'll feel the cold. When buying winter jacket, make sure it's waterproof ooo, this place rain falls at any time, not heavy rain this. Light rains but can fall as much as 5 time a day and last anywhere between 5mins-2hrs. Greetings from TU Ilmenau, the spirit of science. 26 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by stephots10: 11:59am On Oct 10, 2019 |
First food in Germany, cost 4.5euro. contain fried potatoes and some other things which I really don't know. 7 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by stephots10: 12:02pm On Oct 10, 2019 |
Later in the evening when hunger wan finish local man, I gat to rush out to Mc Donald. This cost 7.29euro. 8 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by stephots10: 12:04pm On Oct 10, 2019 |
When they tell you accommodation in Munich is expensive, thats the plain truth. here is the Hostel I booked for 5night that cost me a whopping 121euro 9 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by Awani007(m): 9:52pm On Oct 10, 2019 |
stephots10:. Hostel or hotel? |
Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by Goztino(m): 11:47pm On Oct 10, 2019 |
MY FIRST LECTURE EXPERIENCE IN GERMANY Today, our lecture officially started by 10:30 am with a course that is very sweet to the ear. Na me first come class, even before 10 am, traced the lecture hall and sat down in the front row (each lecture has lecture class where it will be held and as a stranger, you have to trace it earlier to avoid missing the lecture). The Lecturer arrived the hall 20mins before the lecture started (German's don't joke with time) and used our enrollment list to select people for group one according to when each person register for the course, I was among the first group, others were told to come back later for their own class. Omo ehh, he introduced the course and say make everybody put on his or her computer, He shared something wey dey like flash but smaller in size to everyone and told us to all plug it in the CPU beside each computer and he started lecturing, the class involves teaching with a software. Everything was so strange to me and he was damn fast, as he was teaching. I was expecting a handout and normal dictation but saw slides and software instead. I became hooked at a point, and looked into the system of one guy beside me, he is also a Nigerian, I wanted to use his own method to probably correct myself but I noticed that he was even struggling to login to the computer sef let alone doing the needed task, other white students dey busy dey work for number three while I no even sabi how to get to number two. As the thing hook me too much, I call the graduate assistant and he helped me out. I noticed that their system of education is totally different from ours and more practically oriented. One really needs additional work to do in other to scale through efficiently 24 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by willy2000(m): 7:07am On Oct 11, 2019 |
Goztino:, Welcome to Deutschland............. Wish you all the best in your studies. |
Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by Hadampson(m): 12:05pm On Oct 11, 2019 |
Goztino: Nice update ![]() It's good to abandon everything one has learned so far in Nigeria at the airport and be ready to start afresh in a sane society. In Nigeria, la cram la pour na im sure pass but no be for obodo oyibo o ![]() Still waiting for more updates boss. I wish you success in Deutschland ![]() |
Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by Hadampson(m): 12:08pm On Oct 11, 2019 |
stephots10: As a glutton that i am, i don't think i will be able to save money in Germany ![]() We are expecting more updates boss Prost 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by cityella: 5:51pm On Oct 11, 2019 |
Bbinc: Hallo, Welcome to Deutschland. Getting stuffs from the one euro shop is quite tricky. yeah everything is been sold for one euro but I'll advise you not to buy books from there. Actually books are quite cheaper in other shops(less than 50cent) compared to the one euro shop. I always use one Euro shop when I've combed the other shops. 50cents is about 150 you know. 4 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by cityella: 6:02pm On Oct 11, 2019 |
stephots10: Fellow Nigerian, 7.29€ on burger, pommes and 0.5L drinks is so much money if you are living on a budget. I learnt not to buy drinks from Macdonald's as it's quite pricey (about 2€+ though some people say It tastes better). One litre of coke in the store is about 0.99 cents + pfand 0.25= 1.24€. just ask for becher and ice, if you intend to sit in the lobby and have fun. (*;*)(*;*). 6 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by Bbinc: 10:19pm On Oct 11, 2019 |
cityella: Dankeschön |
Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by Chuksraymond: 8:45pm On Oct 12, 2019 |
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Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by Hadampson(m): 8:55am On Oct 13, 2019 |
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Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by Hadampson(m): 8:57am On Oct 13, 2019 |
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Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by mychellin: 12:03pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
Hello Friends, I would be in Berlin before this week runs out. I need someone to assist with a temporary accommodation while my search for stay lasted. I am ready with any likely assistance and condition attaining to this. Kindly pm appropriately. Thanks. |
Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by turawaa(m): 11:29pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
Good day Pls I had my Bsc and Msc in Anatomy in Nigeria, I intend to specialize in Neuroscience in PhD with Germany Scholarship. Which University or Universities will you recommend for Neuroscience ? Any form of Enlightenment will be Appreciated. Thanks in Anticipation. |
Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by kenneyyice(m): 1:17pm On Oct 14, 2019 |
marcondo13: Wow! Men, thats really cool. Wish Msc program would you advise one to undergo now with a Bsc PET Eng.? |
Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by amikable97: 1:21pm On Oct 14, 2019 |
turawaa: This questions should be asked in this thread https://www.nairaland.com/5296943/general-german-student-visa-enquiries and not here... |
Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by marcondo13: 12:41pm On Oct 15, 2019 |
My deepest regret and joy was reading petroleum engineering. Joy because it opened my mind to vast possibilities in engineering application and innovation,but regret in the aspect of its vast limitations when you want a cross industrial job. I prefer saying the hard truth. If you are not from a certain area in Nigeria,or a certain region,it will be tough to break into NNPC Group or most local players or IOCs because the HOSTCOM have some say. I don't have to tell you that because if you have a degree in PetEng,you already know how easy it is to get an internship,not just a job in Nigeria,no matter your grades! My sincere advice is this: put your petroleum degree in your back pocket and switch to an area that is applicable to the oil industry,but not in particular. Not everyone is lucky! For example,the future of the oil industry is in data analytics and innovation. The Petroleum Engineer of the future is one who is data savvy and does not necessarily have a degree in that field. There is so much possibilities. I know several guys who switched to naval architecture, welding engineering,coating technology, data optimization,subsea design, etc,and they are earning "blood money" with ease at top IOCs and even have their startups! Do not necessarily rely on your first degree. It will help you to transition easily into your postgraduate studies but trust me,every new level requires you to meet a new devil! It will not be easy but if you are ready to work hard,the system abroad will surely back any hard working student. Na so the matter be! If you can bend your back to plot a new future for yourself,companies will queue to beg you for consultancy,not even employment! I drop the mic! kenneyyice: 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Nigerian Students In Germany..how Do You Survive?? by Ticolibe11: 2:06pm On Oct 15, 2019 |
Education in Germany so far from my experience is the best among other countries. 1 Like |
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