All Summer School courses are taught in English, and each course includes German instructors, guest speakers and/or excursions to relevant sites and organizations in the region. Thus participants enjoy advancements in academic subjects and German language, including certificates and grade transfer to their home university (if applicable), as well as gaining valuable life experience through their stay in the German capital.
The objective of this course is to provide students with a general understanding of the different financial markets and financial institutions operating worldwide. The financial system and its functions will be discussed, and the various activities of different financial institutions and financial markets and their roles in allocating capital will be determined. The course introduces the instruments traded in money and capital markets and their valuation. The course concentrates on debt contracts, securities and innovations in the bond and money markets. The functions of insurance banks, mutual fund companies, investment banks, and other financial intermediaries will be covered, referring to real examples for financial crisis for further understanding of the nature, design, and risks of the financial markets. Academic visits to National German Banking Associations and Deutsche Bundesbank in Berlin will be arranged to apply theories discussed in the course and introduce the students to the financial world of long-term savings and investments in stocks. The course will also explain to students how to invest in the securities market which is integral to the economy and their own personal lives. Furthermore, the program introduces students to high technology used in the stock exchange, the exciting settings, and skillful market professionals that use technology on the trading floor and trade securities for all investors.
The eMarketing course is an introductory course covering the basic principles of digital marketing. The course tackles digital marketing tools and techniques that influence online presence, improve customer relationship management and achieve organizational objectives. The aim of the course is to be able to understand the basics of consumer behavior in the digital world, manage content in a way that would ensure a sustainable competitive advantage, create traffic and engage consumers. The principles covered in the digital marketing course includes, market research, content marketing, website development design and user experience, customer relationship management, search engine optimization, online advertising, affiliate marketing, social media marketing, data analytics and finally conversion optimization.
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Cloud Computing has taken over the IT industry worldwide with a continuous evolution as the demand for its services is highly increasing. Numerous startup companies as well as well-established ones nowadays are starting to migrate their infrastructures and services into the cloud. This is a result of the numerous benefits that cloud computing provides; few of them are reduced costs, ease of management, and a cost-effective on-demand policy that allows for dynamic provisioning of resources with minimal upfront investments for customers. The huge evolution of cloud and other network trends resulted in massive amounts of data that require techniques to analyze and understand this data and its trends for the enhancing organizations’ performance and revenues. This workshop will provide students with essential information to have the required knowledge about these two emerging technology which is becoming an essential for the workplace today. The workshop takes an open approach focusing on technology concepts and principles that can be applied in any environment and are simple to understand by students regardless of their previous knowledge. The workshop will cover the following concepts: 1. Introduction to Cloud Computing, 2. Cloud service and deployment models, 3. Cloud Data Center Infrastructure, 4. Introduction to Big Data, 5. Techniques of Big Data Analysis, 6. Data Visualization Techniques
You are a complete beginner or have very little knowledge of German. At this level you learn basic sentence structures and vocabulary to help you communicate simple messages in everyday situations. For example, you learn how to introduce yourself and to cope with simple situations at the shops, at work, on the telephone, at the doctor's and at hotels.
In this course you can consolidate and revise basic grammar structures, and learn to lead discussions on interesting topics. After completing level B1 you should have a basic command of the fundamentals of German grammar and be in the position to participate in simple discussions and to understand simple texts, including the main points of short press articles. You consolidate and revise basic grammar structures and learn to discuss interesting topics. Main topics include: Travel & tourism, employment and the working world, school, education, history, politics & culture, literature. You can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
You have some knowledge of German. You learn how to express yourself adequately in familiar, everyday situations and to read and understand simple texts. You can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment). You can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. You can describe in simple terms aspects of your background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.
You have a command of the essentials of German. You practice reading, writing and discussion of difficult topics and work-related issues. The learner should be able to express her/himself on a variety of moderately difficult topics fluently and without preparation. You learn to express his opinion, to state your views, to discuss, analyze and interpret simpler texts, to summarize them and give an account of them. You can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in your field of specialization. You can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. You can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.
In this course you learn to express yourself spontaneously and fluently without having to search for words frequently and noticeably. You can use the language effectively and flexibly in your social and professional life or in training and studies. You can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognize implicit meaning. You can express yourself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. You can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. You can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, and connectors.
The course aims to qualify pharmacists to understand the field of pharmaceutical process scale-up by transferring the results obtained on laboratory scale to the pilot plant and finally to the production scale. The course offers challenging opportunities for students interested in pharmaceutical process engineering, a key for tomorrow’s drugs. The course emphasizes the design of chemical reactors where bulk drugs would be synthesized on a commercial scale and would depend on multiple aspects of chemical engineering. The primary course objective is to provide the practical aspects of process scale-up, reactor design and technical aspects applied in pharmaceutical process engineering.
The course provides students of pharmacy, medicine and/or biotechnology with the basic information necessary to understand the process of drug development and translating basic science research discoveries into clinical applications. Topics include how to assess the development potential of a scientific discovery, to perform preclinical and clinical testing, to protect the intellectual property, and to navigate the regulatory requirements for approval. The course will also cover the fundamentals of health technology assessment and reimbursement hurdles that should be overcome in order to meet critical developmental milestones.
Prof. Dr. Ashraf H. Abadi is Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Head of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, German University in Cairo. Additional lectures are given by professors and researchers from major hospitals, pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies, regulatory affairs and clinical development in Germany as well as former employees of the European Medicines Agency.
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