Why Heidelberg?

• be enrolled as a full-time student at one of Europe's finest universities,
• live with German students, have the opportunity to take part in a community activity, and meet regularly with a language partner,
• choose among the large selection of courses offered by the University of Heidelberg and by the AJY program,
• be able to study and relax at the AJY study center in the heart of the historic city center on University Square,
• be counselled by a full-time resident director and an associate director,
• participate in an intensive grammar review and German studies seminar for the first month after your arrival,
• take part in various excursions and study trips, i.e. along the Romantic Road, to Bavaria, to Berlin, or to eastern Germany,
• receive an official transcript of your academic accomplishments, and
• understand why one of the most popular German folk songs is entitled Ich hab' mein Herz in Heidelberg verloren.