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English version F+U Academy of Languages 2020 Berlin Language courses Corporate training University preparation Special courses Winner 2017 Test centre Accommodation German Language School www.fuu-languages.eu www.fuu-berlin-languages.eu 1 Albrechtstraße Reinhardtstraße Contents F+U in the heart of the capital city Friedrichstraß ß e nstra George F+U in the heart of the capital city .......................................... 3 Accommodation prices Berlin – centre of German politics and culture ..................5-7 F+U shared apartments, private apartments .......................... 31 Paul-Löbe-Allee The F+U international language school in Berlin ............ 9-11 F+U Campus hall of residence ............................................... 32 Spree General information, regulations ..................................... 13-15 F+U Academy Hostel Berlin ...................................................34 e Cultural and leisure activities ............................................... 15 F+U host families, external accommodation .......................... 35 e Dorotheenstraß 5 Course levels ........................................................................... 16 2 e Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Facts and figures ....................................................................36 Dorotheenstraß Mittelstraße Scheidemannstraße 6 (CEFR) ........................................................................................ F+U – international test centre .............................................. 17 State recognised vocational college for foreign languages: Unter den Linden Oberwallstraß Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Russian, Spanish n U55 Unter den Linde Individual courses and more ................................................................................. 37 Friedrichstraße Brandenburger Tor Individual lessons, small groups, corporate training .............. 18 1 Glinkastraße Premium business programme ............................................... 18 Our education partners .....................................................38-39 = 4 Our mission statement ......................................................40-41 S1 / S2 Behrenstraße e Online language training ....................................................... 19 F+U course planner 2020 ..................................................42-43 - Brandenburger Tor 3 Französische Straße Evening courses Other F+U Group study centres ............................................44 BehrenstraßeWilhelmstraße German as a foreign language ............................................... 20 International test centre Französische Straße Mauerstraße 7 English .................................................................................... 20 State recognised vocational college for foreign languages Jägerstraße Friedrichstraße Heidelberg Technical College Centre q Ebertstraße Jägerstraße Intensive courses Academy 24 8 9 U2 German as a foreign language ............................................... 21 Heidelberg Private School Centre Hausvogteiplatz English, German plus English ................................................22 International University of Cooperative Education Hannah-Arendt Straße e Taubenstraß University of Applied Science for Business, Technology and e Group packages, university taster course .....................23-24 Culture Mohrenstraß Special courses and services e U2 Kronenstraße Lessons on tour ...................................................................... 25 Lennéstraß Mohrenstraße U2/U6 Corporate language training ................................................... 25 Kronenstr. Stadtmitte Bellevuestraß Voßstraße Examination preparation, music academy ............................. 25 Ebertstraße Wilhelmstraße Leipziger Straße À la carte courses (music, sport, art and design) ................... 25 0 e Support with official administration Ben Gurion Straße e Leipziger Straß Mauerstraße Friedrichstraß (registration, health insurance, banking, etc.) ......................... 25 w Potsdamer Straße Krausenstraße General university advice ....................................................... 25 U2 - Potsdamer Platz Charlottenstraß Exclusive university advice – hwtk ......................................... 26 Potsdamer Straße S2 Potsdamer Platz Provisional admission service ................................................ 26 Our language school in the F+U International Educational Campus, - Schützenstraße Internship, Erasmus+ .............................................................. 27 near Potsdamer Platz. Cultural programme ................................................................ 27 y e Checkpoint Zimmerstraße Accommodation information Alte Postdamer Str. Stresemannstraße e e rStraß Gurion Ben Zimmerstr. Charlie Location map (halls of residence, apartments) ...................... 29 e General accommodation information ................................29-30 Niederkirchnerstraße 1 Brandenburg Gate t u i 2 R.-Dutschke-Straße Meals ......................................................................................30 German Bundestag / Reichstag (parliament) Markgrafenstraße 3Wilhelmstraße Transfer ....................................................................................30 Akademie der Künste (Academy of the Arts) 4 Komische Oper (Comical Opera) 5 Dussmann Kulturkaufhaus (department store for books and media) Linkstraße 6 Humboldt-Universität (HU) Bernburger Straße 7 Galeries Lafayette (French department store) Certified quality 8 Hanns Eisler School of Music (with refectory) r. 9 Gendarmenmarkt: Konzerthaus, Deutscher Dom Köthener Straße Anhalterstr. (German cathedral), Französischer Dom (French cathedral) F+U Rhein-Main-Neckar gGmbH S2 0 Mall of Berlin (shops, food court) Academy of Languages Anhalter Bahnhof Stresemannstraße - US embassy Bernburger Strasse 24-25, 10963 Berlin = Embassy of the Russian Federation + + q Tiergarten public park Tel. 49 30 2005977-10, Fax 49 30 2005977-29 U2 Dessauer St r. w F+U weekend moving-in service: +49 160 94718460 Mendelsohn Post office . e Potsdamer Platz Arcades (shops, restaurants) F+U emergency number: +49 30 2005977-10 Bartholdy Park L i rHedemannstraßeOld National Gallery, Art Gallery, Museum of Decorativen Arts, (Voicemail is regularly checked, also outside school d Wilhelmstraße L Berlin Musical Instrument Museum, Berlin Philharmonice a hours. Please always leave a contact telephone number.) n Schöneberger St o t Berlin State Library n d s Flottwellstr w [email protected] y German Spy Museum t e r www.fuu-berlin-languages.eu, www.fuu.de h u Martin Gropius Building a r ß k e facebook.fuu-languages.berlin a i Topography of Terror Documentation Centre n o twitter.fuu-languages.berlin a Tempodrom arena instagram.fuu-languages.berlin p l p F+U Academy Hostel, Gleisdreieck Park, BRLO Brewery 2 www.fuu-berlin-languages.eu www.fuu-languages.eu 3 Centre of German politics and culture Since the fall of the Iron Curtain and the end of division by the The Museum Island, with its five monumental buildings, is not Berlin is Berlin Wall, the city has experienced architectural and cultural only a United Nations World Heritage Site, but also the centre of renewal to become the epitome of a twenty-first century global the most famous ‘Long Night of the Museums’, founded here metropolis: young, dynamic and international. But Berlin hasn’t in 1997 and replicated many times all over the world. There are Germany’s ever denied its eventful history. Reflected in the steel and glass plenty of memorable nights out to be had the rest of the year of the Reichstag’s cupola and in the postmodern shopping cen- too: Berlin’s vibrant pub and café scene never sleeps, and there largest tres are opulent, historic buildings of the imperial era, alongside are nearly 5,000 restaurants, 900 pubs, 200 bars, countless all- monuments and memorials of the post-war period. night convenience stores (‘Spä- tis’) and more doner cafés than and most The reconstruction of the Prussian City Palace represents in Istanbul to be found in the Berliners’ cosmopolitan sense of tradition at its very best: this diverse and distinctive neigh- year, behind the historic façades, the state-of-the-art Humboldt bourhoods (‘Kieze’). During exhilarating Forum is to become a meeting place for the world’s cultures and the festive season Berlin holds nations. Berlin’s creative and start-up scene also draws inspira- more Christmas markets than city by far. tion from this rich contrast; since 2006 the city has even been any other European city, before honoured with the title ‘UNESCO City of Design’. hosting the continent’s larg- est New Year’s Eve party, Over 150 concert halls and theatres, three opera houses, with a million visitors gathering 200 museums and art collections, 440 galleries display- between the Victory Column ing works by over 6,000 contemporary artists, and some of the and the Brandenburg Gate to world’s most popular nightclubs, including the Berghain and the welcome in the New Year. Prince Charles, all vie for the attention of over 13 million visitors a year from all corners of the globe. As a crowd puller, the relatively By day, Germany’s capital city is a centre of science par new Berlinale, which takes place in 300 cinema auditoriums, excellence. Over 40 universities and institutes of higher educa- now rivals the established European film festivals in Venice and tion – including some of Germany’s most famous schools of art, Cannes. Meanwhile, music lovers are spoilt for