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    • Academic Field(s)

      Engineering and Environmental Science

    • Destinations

      Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Stuttgart, and Munich

    • Duration

      14 days

    • Accommodation

      2- and 3-star hotels in Heidelberg, Stuttgart, and Munich

    For future engineers wanting to wrap their minds around today’s global economy, visiting Southern Germany places them in the heart of the European and international automobile industry.

    Some of the most significant inventions of all time come from this region. Carl Benz, for example, invented the first gasoline powered automobile and his wife Bertha was the first person to make a long-distance journey.

    The region continues to be very attractive for automobile companies like BMW, Daimler, and Opel as well as for many other companies operating in the high-tech sector.

    • DAY 1

      • Overnight flight to Frankfurt, Germany (group flight can be booked separately)

    • DAY 2-3: FRANKFURT

      • Orientation session by your on-site CEPA coordinator
      • Welcome dinner at a German restaurant
      • Guest lecture on “Germany and the Importance of the Automobile Industry for the Economy and People”
      • Guided walking tour of Frankfurt

    • DAY 4: RÜSSELSHEIM

      • Visit an Opel production plant
      • Visit the University RheinMain and meet with faculty and students

    • DAY 5-6: MANNHEIM - HEIDELBERG - SINSHEIM

      • Visit one of the leading bus manufacturers worldwide
      • Visit John Deere’s second largest plant outside the U.S.
      • Ride on a solar powered boat
      • Admission to the Auto and Technik Museum in Sinsheim

    • DAY 7-9: STUTTGART

      • Visit one of the Daimler production plants
      • Visit an automotive supplier
      • Audio-guided tour of the Mercedes Benz Museum
      • Visit the Stuttgart Television Tower, the technical prototype for nearly all television towers throughout the world

    • DAY 10: AUGSBURG - MUNICH

      • Visit one of the leading suppliers of robotics and system engineering

    • DAY 11-14: MUNICH

      • Visit one of the world’s leading technical service organizations
      • Admission to the Deutsche Museum, one of the first scientific-technological museums in the world
      • Visit a production plant for heavy series
      • Guided tour of the BMW World
      • Farewell dinner at a Bavarian restaurant

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