University of Maryland, Schwäbisch Gmünd

Very large rooms, spacious, and good facilities.

Many restaurants catered hours and food to students; the student body was the driving force in the town. The best place to eat was teh new sandwich deli opened just off campus, specifically for students and they loved it.

I was somewhat disappointed that there was not a larger effort to encourage German languages studies. I learned very little German.

I am sorry to say that as of June 2002, UMUC in Scwäbisch Gmünd closed its doors as an international university. This a decision on the part of UMUC, who said "this environment does not fall into our strategic objectives of providing distance (online) education for the military". It was, in fact, the best experience of my life. I roomed 3 semesters with a girl from Zimbabwe, my closest friends were from India, Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, Germany, Italy, and many more places. It saddened our entire "family" when we heard the news of the school closing after 10 years.

NO available used books; and books changed every semester so it was hard to find books from old students.