...as a member of the INSTEP programme (International Study Entry Phase), I am part of a larger whole and contribute to making it easier for international students to start their studies at our university.

...to work with (young) people from all over the world. The world comes to me in the seminar room. I see that as a great privilege and it makes me look at some things I take for granted from a different perspective.

...whenever I meet former participants from the study preparation programme on campus who are now studying. It's nice to see how young people, who perhaps didn't have an easy start in Germany, find their place at university.

...Bernhard von Hagen, the Scientific Director of the Botanical Garden, because he has the most beautiful workplace at the university.

...that it remains cosmopolitan, cultivates an international atmosphere and welcomes people from very different backgrounds.