GUEST – Economics and Management – Leibniz University Hannover

GUEST stands for the German-US-Economic-Studies Term Student Exchange Programme between the Faculty of Economics and Management at Leibniz University Hanover and the Department of Economics of the school of Business Administration at California State Polytechnic University Pomona. CalPoly Pomona is located near Los Angeles, California. The GUEST programme consists of two parts, the HISSEMA (Hanover International Summer School of Economics and Management) and one semester at CalPoly in Pomona.

Application and Procedure

Outgoings - Information about the application

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Composition of the GUEST programme

Part 1. Participation in HISSEMA

The HISSEMA (Hanover International Summer School of Economics and Management) offers international students the opportunity to gain study experience in Germany and to follow to lectures on economics and business administration in English, for which credits can be obtained.

For the German GUEST students, HISSEMA is part of the exchange programme. Participation is also possible - to a limited extent and under certain conditions - for German students of the Faculty of Economics at LUH who do not participate in the GUEST programme.

You can find more information about HISSEMA here.

HISSEMA

Part 2: Winter Semester at the CalPoly Pomona

The Winter term of the American academic year opens up the possibility for students of the Faculty of Economics and Management in Hanover to spend a semester abroad in the USA.Courses on economics and business administration successfully completed can be integrated in the B.Sc. programme in Hanover. The conditions for individual recognition apply to WiING students

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona is located in California on the eastern edge of Los Angeles County. It is one of the seven polytechnic universities in the United States of America. The university has had university status since 1972. A total of 23,000 students study on campus.

General info about CalPoly Pomona

Name of the university	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Homepage	http://www.cpp.edu/
Programme	GUEST
Slots	10-12
Duration of the study stay	1 semester
Language of the lectures	English
Language requirements	English
Homepage of the CalPoly	Cource catalogue (To select: Under "Course Attributes", filter by "Course Level: Upper Division" and select courses with a 4000 number.)
International Center	College of Business Adminstration

Estimation of the costs

Visa	291 €
Health insurance (on site)	185 € (Mawista German); 37,50 € monthly
Administration fees (on site)	213 $
Teaching materials	300 $
optional: Accommodation in the dormitory on campus	925 $ monthly
alternativ: external accommodation	ca. 500 $ monthly
Meals	ca. 450 - 600 $ monthly
Flight	600 € one way / 1.000 € round trip
optional: rental car	350 $ monthly (4 Pers/ car)
optional: Parking Permission	213 $

Funding opportunities

You can find information on financing stays abroad here:

Funding opportunities

Further Information

Experience Reports

Credit Recognition for a Stay Abroad

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Office hours Faculty International Office

Tuesdays: 10:30-12:30am online via Stud.IP/ BBB (search for „Auslandsbüro / Faculty International Office“ sign in and click „Meetings“)
Tuesdays: 14-16h on-campus (building 1501, room 101-103)
Thursdays: 10:30-12:30am on-campus (building 1501, room 101-103)