2025 Canadian Summer School in Germany (CSSG)

Friday, November 1, 2024

Are you looking for a German language and cultural experience you will never forget?

Spend May and June 2025 in Germany with The Canadian Summer School in Germany (CSSG).

Dates: May 7 to June 25, 2025

Application deadline: January 31, 2025


Courses offered:

  • First-year (second-semester) German immersion (A2) 
  • Second-year German immersion (B1) 
  • Third-year German immersion (B2) 
  • Fourth-year German immersion (C1) 
  • German Immersion Community Service Learning (B2 and up) 
  • Teaching and Learning German (for graduate TAs, B.Ed. students, and in-service teachers). 
     

The Canadian Summer School in Germany (CSSG) is an outstanding program, and you will receive a lot for your investment: a six-credit course / one-unit course (normally equals two 0.5 UWaterloo transfer credits), all accommodation, almost all meals for 7 weeks, ground transportation, excursions, and a cultural program!  

Please note there is NO international differential fee for this program.  


You can find more information on the CSSG website. 

If you have any questions about the 2025 Canadian Summer School in Germany, please email Dr. John L. Plews, Director of the CSSG program.

For questions about transfer credits, email the Germanic & Slavic Studies Undergraduate Office.

Also don't forget to check out the Waterloo Centre for German Studies travel awards, which can help you fund this summer experience.