Budapest Semesters in Math in Moscow University of Newcastle University of Karlsruhe Mathematics Website http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/math/budapest/ http://www.mccme.ru/mathinmoscow/ http://www.newcastle.edu.au/ http://www.mathematik.uni- karlsruhe.de/page/international/en Contact [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] e-mail Application April 30th / November 1st March 30th / September 30th Bilateral Exchange through VT: June 1st of every year deadline Applications are due Mid- August for Spring semesters or Mid-January for Fall semesters; Direct Study Abroad applying to the school: December 31st - for study beginning February (semester 1) May 15th – for study beginning July (semester 2) Tuition deadline $500 w/in 3 weeks of acceptance letter, May 15th/ November 15th Bilateral Exchange: Payment N/A remaining money July 1st or Dec. 15th. directly to VT when billed for that semester; Direct Study Abroad: Payment to Univ. New Castle after acceptance. School affiliate St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN and The Independent University of Moscow in University of Newcastle in Universität Karlsruhe in Karlsruhe, Renyi Institute in Budapest, Hungary Moscow, Russia Newcastle, NSW, Australia Germany Semester Dates Mid-September – Late December/ Early September – Mid-December/ Mid February-early July / A one-year program: Early February – Late May Mid February – Late May Late July Mid October - mid February (15 weeks), and Mid April - mid July (14 weeks). Costs (per semester) Tuition $5,500 spring 07 $4,500 Bilateral Exchange: Regular in- At present there are no tuition fees! state or out-of-state VT tuition; But take notice of the following fees: Registration 95 Euro per semester, Direct Study Abroad: German classes 100 Euro per semester, AUD7,000 per Health insurance 55 Euro per month, semester/trimester living and housing about 550 Euro per month, some smaller fees for additional services. Room $1,600 – $2,100 $270-$500 per month AUD $12, 000 (room & board) 200 Euro for dorm/ 300 Euro for apt. Food $1,500 About $7/day See above 250 Euro/month Textbooks $300 $200 <$50 N/A Approx. airfare $700-$900 $1,000 $1,500-$2,000 $600-$800 (through studentuniverse.com or statravel.com) Types of housing Apartment or a Hungarian family. In both Individual room in a student hostel Home-Stay, on campus Co-ed dormitories (units with 4-8 single available in the instances, you will usually be paired up near school apartments, off-campus rented rooms, sharing a bathroom and kitchen) with another BSM student for a roommate. houses. The International or apartments off campus (units with 3-5 program Student office will help with single rooms sharing a bathroom and housing upon your arrival. kitchen). Living with other foreigners or Germans. Avgerage class 7-15 students Small 20 (or 200 for lectures) 15-25 (max 50) size Average Course 3-4 math classes, 1 non-math class. 3 math classes 3-5 classes 20 hours/semester Load Math courses Abstract Algebra, Advanced Analysis, Algebra, Topology, Combinatorics, See University of Newcastle For the undergraduate program, at least 4 Complex Analysis, Combinatorics, Programming, Differential Equations, website: classes presented in English. The offered Functional Analysis, Galois Theory, Differential Geometry, Calculus on http://studinfo3.newcastle.edu.a different topics are: Geometry, Graph Theory, Number Theory, Manifolds, Complex Analysis, u/cts/handbook/handbooksubjec Algebra/Geometry; Probability, Real Functions and Measures, Dynamics Systems, Group Theory, tsearch.cfm Analysis/Partial Differential Equations; Set Theory, Topology, Computing, etc. Number Theory, Mathematics Physics, Numerical Analysis/Scientific Riemann Surfaces, etc. Computing; Stochastics/Statistics. For past semester classes offered, go to: http://www.mathematik.uni- karlsruhe.de/page/classes/ For the masters program, the courses are determined from the``International Program'' of the department of mathematics. Non-math courses History of Central Europe, Hungarian History of Math and Sciences, History See University of Newcastle German language offered Language Classes (Beginner and of Russia, Russian Language (Beginner website: Intermediate), Hungarian Art and Culture, and Intermediate), Russian Literature http://studinfo3.newcastle.edu.a History of Mathematics, Philosophy, u/cts/handbook/handbooksubjec European Film Analysis tsearch.cfm Required math Either linear algebra or advanced calc. Either linear algebra or advanced calc. It depends on which courses Analysis I, II, courses before you want to take Linear Algebra I, II, Basic knowledge of Stochstic and attending Numerical Analysis Visa Needed? Yes Yes Yes Yes Language Yes. Two-week optio nal language course N/A N/A N/A program offered? before each academic semester. Grants available N/A American Mathematics Society - N/A Socrates/Erasmus Program and DAAD; http://www.ams.org/employment/mimo national funds for academic exchange; scow.html some teaching or technical assistantships are available. Recommendations Two recommendations from math Two recommendations from math One recommendation from Two recommendations from math needed for professors professors anyone and a letter of purpose professors. applying Student e-mail if Destiny Coslett: [email protected] Shelley Kasiske: you have further [email protected] questions .