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The Internationaler Studientreff is a program that aims to help international students get settled and also to facilitate contact between international and German students. The IST offers many exciting events in and around Frankfurt, e.g. excursions to neighboring cities as well as visits to museums, the stock exchange, or the opera. It also holds group movie nights, plans regular get-togethers, and organizes sports activities - all with discounted prices and loads of fun!

The support service (Begleitservice) helps students with visits to the authorities, finding housing, filling out forms, and offers translation assistance.

The Buddy Program is a study support program and serves to connect students. It helps give international students an easier start at 51ÁÔÆæ and in Frankfurt.

The accompanying Buddies are advanced students who support international first-year students in their first and second semesters with organizational questions about their studies. They also assist international students in finding their way around the campus and the city of Frankfurt. 

This exchange provides international students with an excellent opportunity to get up to speed with their new environment and offers everyone who participates the chance to meet new and interesting people.

Kompass International is a study support program for international students that offers special events and seminars to promote students' successful integration into the German university system. The main focus is on providing informational events on practical topics such as financing studies, housing, employment and residency laws, health insurance, and dealing with the authorities, as well as information and workshops on the German culture of teaching and learning, intercultural skills, study design and self-reflection, and recreational activities.

"Studiencheck" is an innovative yet simple digital self-reflection tool, designed to help international students examine their current academic situation as well as issues outside of their studies. 

The tool provides suggestions and food for thought on how to organize your studies, as well as an overview of suitable points of contact. Students can also arrange a personal feedback session to receive direct input on any questions they may have and to discuss further options for enhancing their own study- and career-related skills.

The Goethe Start International project develops and implements digital self-learning offerings for prospective international students and current students on key interdisciplinary skills in the areas of "study organization and orientation," "study techniques," and "career orientation." The overarching goal of the project is to make it easier for international students to start their studies and, over the long term, to continuously improve their preparation for studying at 51ÁÔÆæ.

International students can obtain information and advice from the during consultation hours and events on the topic of volunteering. They also receive support in finding study-related and community volunteer activities to tap into a social network and develop study- and career-promoting skills and social competencies at an early stage.