I am a student of sinology at the University of Hamburg (international bachelor of east-asian science/ sinology) and I would like to enhance my Chinese and my understanding for the chinese culture. I chose this university because of its excellent reputation worldwide and among students who already took courses at the Donghua University. At the University of Hamburg there are reports of students who has been to chinese universites and those of the Donghua University a overall positive. The lectures are well structured and of high quality and at the end of the year, Every students in these reports stated, that their Chinese had been increased during their semester at Donghua University. During my last stay in China - I partook a chinese language summer school in Tianjin- I also visited Shanghai and I instantly fell in love with that city because of its rich culture. To sum up, I chose this university because of its reputation, location and their excellent language programm.