Immigration: German universities offer free education to refugees

Friday, 21 August 2015

About 60 German universities are willing to offer refugees the chance to attend courses as guest students, without charging any tuition fees.

These German universities are offering refugees the chance to attend courses as guest students, without charging any tuition fees. In fact, they even pay for transportation and offer scholarships to pay for books. Although migrants are not allowed to earn a degree while their asylum application is being processed, having the chance of already attending classes is supposed to enable them to learn German quicker, and to already complete courses in preparation for a potential degree.

Offering such programs to refugees is a voluntary decision taken by university directors. These initiatives could not be possible without the involvment of German students and the German society in general. Eventhough violence, and racism is getting more virulent a large part of Germans are willing to help the refugees. Induction and language courses are organized by fellow students, and sponsors offer financial aid to share the burden.