What is STUBE Niedersachsen?

STUBE Niedersachsen is the abbreviated name of the „Studienbegleitprogramm“ (supplementary study programme) for students from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe at universities in Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony). STUBE is a development-oriented education programme that offers seminars, workshops and other activities related to global development issues.
 
Most STUBE events are open to all students who are interested in global development, irrespective of their country of origin or nationality.

The STUBE programme is practice-oriented, interdisciplinary, intercultural and interreligious.

Participation in most STUBE events is free of charge and travel expenses can be reimbursed under certain conditions.

STUBE seminars and activities mainly take place at the weekend. They supplement the regular university courses with education on topics related to social, economic and cultural conditions in the students‘ home countries.

BPSA programme

The BPSA programme offers financial support for a development and career oriented research in the home country for students from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, regardless of whether or not they intend to return to that country in the long term.

The programme for vocationally relevant internship and study visits (in German: Berufsvorbereitende Praktikums- und Studienaufenthalte – abbreviated BPSA) is coordinated by Brot für die Welt (“Bread for the World“), a development and relief agency instigated by the Protestant churches in Germany. The motto behind that work is “justice for the poor“.

BPSA support serves to encourage specialised learning and achieving goals related to the subject of study. Furthermore, it encourages networking in the home country after having been away for a long time and it facilitates connecting study contents to practical experience in the field of global development policies.