Links and further information

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International Office of Ulm University
http://www.uni-ulm.de/en/home/io.html
Events of the university's International Office

Website of the university's sports offers:
http://hssp.ze.uni-ulm.de/opencms/opencms/hssp/Information_engl/

Website of the city of Ulm:
www.ulm.de/ulm

Ulm for beginners:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnYAgLH8Apo

Website of the city of Neu-Ulm:
Öffnet einen externen Link in einem neuen Fensterhttp://zserver.neu-ulm.de/

Schedules of SWU Verkehr (local traffic):
www.swu.de/privatkunden/nahverkehr.html

DING time table information (regional traffic):
http://www.ding.eu/fahrplaene/sofort_von_a_nach_b/index.php

Online dictionairies (German-English, English-German):

LEO (http://dict.leo.org)

PONS (http://de.pons.eu)

Background information:

"Bundespräsident Köhler setzt auf das Miteinander der Generationen" (The Federal President Mr Köhler counts on intergenerational cooperation) (BAGSO press information, March 27th, 2008, in German)

"Zu Gast bei Fremden: Warum fast jeder zweite ausländische Student seinen Aufenthalt in Deutschland abbricht" ("Guest in aforeign country: Why nearly every second student from abroad interrupts his stay in Germany) by Kilian Kirchgessner (DIE ZEIT, Nr. 14, March 27th, 2008, in German)

Similar programmes and ideas:

Friends! Programme of the Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences (in German)

Retirees help foreign students adjust to German life (The Local - Germany's news in English, January 21st, 2011)

"Patenschaften zwischen ausländischen Studierenden und Seniorstudierenden der TU Dortmund" (Sponsorship between foreign students and senior students at the Technical University of Dortmund, in German)

"Organisation vermittelt ausländische Studenten zu Weihnachten in deutsche Familien" (Organisation places foreign students in German families at Christmas) (Tagesschau, 26. Dezember 2009, in German)

"Weihnachten international" (Christmas international) (Newsletter 12/09 des Studierendenportals der Universität Freiburg, in German)