International Student Week In Ilmenau 2025
Sharing Power, Giving Opportunities and Enabling Participation
Be part of ISWI 2025, Germany’s biggest international student conference of it’s kind and experience a week full of cultural and content related events. ISWI 2025 will focus on the topic of ‘Sharing Power, Giving Opportunities and Enabling Participation’ and the responsibility of dealing with those.
Groupwork
During the group work you'll explore our topic from certain aspects with people from all around the world. Group work is the heart of ISWI. We offer 15 working groups, each dealing with a certain aspect of the main topic of “Sharing Power, Giving Opportunities and Enabling Participation”. There are thematic groups and art groups. You have choice to select one.
Cultural Program
ISWI has a rich cultural program to foster intercultural understanding! You'll get to know each other and will have a lot fun at our cultural events, including the Open Air Concert, the World Food Festival and the Intercultural Carnival. ISWI adopts the concept of culture and organizes various events under the aspect of "cultural events".
Keynotes
During the Week we will offer several keynotes and panel discussion that focus on different aspects of the topic of “Sharing Power, Giving Opportunities and Enabling Participation”. The speakers and panelists will be announced before the conference. This will help you to discuss and understand on various global hot topics of the current trends
Workshops
We organize workshops so everyone can learn new skills. Everyone will have a chance to participate in two workshops. For example, you can learn the basics of the German language, practice mobile photography and music, build something with Lego or engage in sketching or painting. We will update on this years workshops later.
Other Activities
Here you will find out about other activities that you can experience during your stay in Ilmenau.
Thuringia Experience Day
On Thuringian Experience Day, you‘ll have the chance to get to know some of Thuringia‘s cultural offerings. When arriving at Ilmenau you will be given a choice of trips you can take from many where you would be experiencing a wide range of activities together with us!
Plan your trip to Ilmenau!
“Ilmenau – himmelblau” – “Ilmenau – skyblue”. This is the motto of Ilmenau. Blue is the color of peace, happiness and harmony. It is a color, which suits to the life here in Ilmenau:
Ilmenau is a town located in the heart of Germany, at the edge of the Thuringian Forest. It is one of the largest towns in the state of Thuringia with 26.000 inhabitants. You will recognize that Ilmenau is not a hugh city with scyscrapers or full of car noises. It is a sweet small city surrounded by nature. Fun fact? Although it is a small city, offers Ilmenau and the surrounding region many Olympic champions e.g. in luge (last: 2018 Dajana Eitberger) and bobsleight. One can say that Ilmenau is a historical city with tradition and transition
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