OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE!

How to study abroad

Way 1. Join AIESEC.

AIESEC is a global, non-political, independent, not-for-profit organization run by students and recent graduates of institutions of higher education. Our members are interested in world issues, leadership and management. 

AIESEC does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, creed, religion, national, ethnic or social origin.

The Way They Do It

AIESEC provides its members with an integrated development experience,  comprised of leadership opportunities, international internships and participation in a global learning environment.

International internships

Types of internships

Management – internships related to administration, finance, accounting, marketing, project management and HR.

Development – internships usually relate to wide variety of issues in community development.

Technical – internships related to management and development in web, software, networks, and databases, plus some engineering.

Education – internships related to promotion, curriculum development, teaching, and counseling in the education sector

Details and logistics

—Duration: 6 weeks to 18 months

—Salary covers living costs except some development internships

—It takes between 2 - 7 months to find an internship and complete the selection processes

—Application fee varies by country. In Kaliningrad it is from 9.000 to 12.000 rubles.

Airfare is usually not included 

More about education internships
What will I do?

• teach English or Russian in the kindergarten,  school,  university or language center;
• teach  general subjects at school;
• prepare students for passing TOEFL, IELTS, GMAT;

See more about Aiesec in Kaliningrad:

http://vkontakte.ru/kaliningrad_aiesec

Way 2. Enter the University.

Charles University in Prague

       CU was founded in 1348 by the Holy Emperor Charles IV. It is the oldest and also the largest university in the Czech Republic. Furthermore, it counts among the oldest and largest universities in the world.

Studies are divided into three self-contained cycles:

—A bachelor degree cycle (usually 3 years), which leads to a Bachelor degree (Bc.)

—A master's degree cycle (usually an additional 2 years), which leads to a Master's degree (Mgr.)

—Doctoral studies (usually 4 years), which lead to the awarding of a Doctorate (Ph.D).

The Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS)

was created in 1990 and it is the second youngest faculty of Charles University in Prague.

Its main goal is to develop teaching and research in those aspects of the social sciences, which (directly or indirectly) relate to the public administration, or to the economic and cultural life of society.

What is the language of instruction? Do they have study programs in Czech only or in English, too?

International applicants may study in Czech language under the same conditions as Czech students. The entrance procedure will be held in Czech language. Studies in Czech are free of charge.

Some faculties of CU offer accredited degree programs in English. Studies in English are paid. Each faculty has a different level of tuition fees.

Koenigsberg observatory

Koenigsberg observatory was an astronomical research facility, which was attached to the Albertina University. A lot of famous astronomers worked in Koenigsberg, and one of the most outstanding scientists there  was Wilhelm Bessel.

In 1809, at the age of 26, Bessel was appointed director of Frederick William III of Prussia's new Königsberg Observatory and professor of astronomy.

Although the Observatory at Königsberg was still under construction, Bessel took up his new post on 10 May 1810. 

The Königsberg Observatory was completed in 1813 and Bessel began observing there.  Bessel remained in Königsberg for the rest of his life, pursuing his research and teaching without interruption, although he often complained about the limited possibilities for observations because of the unfavourable climate. 

It was in Königsberg that Bessel undertook his monumental task of determining the positions of over 50000 stars. Bessel used parallax to determine the distance to 61 Cygni  announcing his result in 1838. Clearly to succeed it was important to choose a star which was close to the Sun. His method of selecting a star was based on his own data for he chose the star which had the greatest proper motion of all the stars he had studied, correctly deducing that this would mean that the star was nearby. Bessel, using a Fraunhofer heliometer to make the measurements, gave a distance of about 10 light years.

The Royal Astronomical Society awarded him their gold medal to mark this achievement.

Koenigsberg observatory  was destroyed by Royal Air Force bombs in 1944 during Second World War.

The Königsberg Castle to the middle of the 20th century

The history of castle apartments before Second World War I would like to begin with the description of the west wing.

From first to third floor there was a Castle Chapel, with was added to the west wing of the castle in 1592. In that chapel several hundred years later were crowned kings of Prussia.

 

The coronation ceremony

In 1701 in the castle church was coronation of Prussian first king Frederic I. Paintings and chronicles keep details event. King and queen were wearied celebratory dresses. 24 trumpeters, drummers and 60 aristocrats took of this grant part in the coronation ceremony. What is interesting is that queen was rebuked by her royal husband that she took a pinch of snuff during ceremony. Unfortunately, all decoration was burnt under bombings of Englishmen during the Second World War.

In the chapel was also located famous Moscowiter –Saal, named in honor of Russian delegation.  It was one of the biggest halls in the 19 century Germany - 83 m long and 18 m wide. Curiously, that the arch of Moscowiter –Saal was built without any columns. The Saal was famous with its collection of trophies which belong to the Museum called “Prussia”.

The castle walls and columns were decorated with arms with Oder symbolic black eagle.  The mechanical elevators transported barrels of wine into the cellar. The old castle also had perfectly constructed heating system.

In the basement of the castle was located wine tavern “Blutgericht”. The restaurant was decorated by wood and metal in the knight’s style. In translation it means “Bloody justice”, because in ХVII century at this place there was a prison.

 

Entrance in Blutgericht

  

The internal furnuture

The story of the Blutgerichtis is interesting and goes to the old legend about the clever Konegsberger who escaped the death execution drinking red wine together with his security in the tavern.

One of the legends goes to tavern of Blutgeriht, located in the cells of the castle.  One day procession with the person, convicted to the death passed near the castle. The judge was marching the first, followed by executioner, prisoner, and two guards.

The Prisoner’s name was Hazuveit. He killed noble person and was convicted to the gallows execution. Near Konigsberg Castle, he reminded to his executioners about his right for the last wish. He asked to visit tavern Blutgericht and to drink his last glass of wine. The judge didn`t mind, and all procession stepped down into the restaurant.

Hazuveit drank his wine accompanied with the team of his assassins. The red wine and nice atmosphere of the restaurant put them in a good spirit and soon they all looked like a friends having a party. Nobody stopped Hazuvet, when he asked his new friends to visit washroom. And long time passed before drunken executioners realized that prisoner disappeared.

They tried to look for the Hazuveit and come to the gallows square guessing that their victims wait for them near with the place of execution. People on the square, who were waiting for death penalty demonstration, were laughing hard, looking on the foolish execution procession without prisoner. They were cackled and were making fun of executioners while they tried to find the prisoner near the gallows.

The sort of red wine what was sold there had the same name.

South wing. In Wirzburger Tower  there was a cabinet of the museum director Vilgelm Gerte. Between Wirzburger Tower and Grubers Tower were created six museum apartments, in the basements of the south wing the part of archeological collection was stored.

Until the latter part of World War II, the apartments of the Hohenzollerns and the Prussia Museum (north wing) were open to the public daily. Among other things, the museum accommodated 240,000 exhibits of the Prussian collection, a collection of the state and university library as well as many paintings by the artist Lovis Corinth. During World War II, various pieces of captured Russian art were stored there, possibly including parts of the Amber Room. An extensive collection of provincial archives was also housed there. Also the Blutgericht, a wine selling tavern, was situated within the castle.

Following the bombing of Königsberg by the Royal Air Force in the Second World War in 1944, the castle completely burnt down. However, the thick walls were able to withstand both the aerial bombing and Soviet Artillery, as well as urban fighting in April 1945, allowing the ruins of the castle to stay standing. The largely demolished Königsberg became part of the Soviet Union and was renamed Kaliningrad in 1946.

Kaliningrad was to be rebuilt as a model town on the remains of Königsberg, without a reminder of the German past left standing. Leonid Brezhnev consequently ordered that the remains of the castle be disposed of so they would no longer be seen as a vestige of Prussian militarism in the eyes of the Soviet Government. Despite protests from students and intellectuals from Kaliningrad, the ruins of the castle were destroyed in 1968.

Many interesting thing were found by the archeologist during the excavation. One of the most attractive is a small silver case filled with eleven items - amulets, medallions and ring all marked with magic symbols. The ring was attached to the silver case with an iron lock. According to the chairmen of the Baltic expedition of the Archeology Institute, ring had a ghost-protecting use and finding may be dated the 16th century. Also collection of old wine was found as was a secret underground tunnel.