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I sometimes hire people myself for our firm and to be honest, yes, I prefer native German speakers, mainly because they are more likely to stay. We also get many applications from super-mobile intercontinental citizens which is not our thing, our firm is not so big. Outside the university all...

Everybody speaks English at German Universities, especially research universities, so small talk and more is no problem, but it gets an issue at more sophisticated level. Also, people need time to get used to the pronunciation of certain (native) speakers. Somebody from Pittsburgh is not...

"If I go to the USA I am thinking of pursuing a career in HVAC/R industry. If I go to Germany, it would be in automobile engineering and the like." This sentence is is not understood by me possibly because I am German. The USA also have good automotive courses, but yes the production chains...

May I suggest TU Dresden as a further consideration. It is located between Prague and Berlin and worth a visit as also the Saxon Switzerland and Dresden's small vineyards. It's member of TU9, the nine leading German Universities of Technology. Recently it was crowned as one of eleven...