The Launceston College student is one of three Australians out of the 36 international students attending the three-week camp in Gottingen.

After attending the Rotary National Youth Science Forum in January, Mikaela decided to apply for the international program and was thrilled to win a place in XLAB at Georg-August-Universitt.

"XLAB stands for experimental laboratory and it's about bridging the gap between high school and university science," she said.

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Mikaela was able to choose three subjects to study intensively during the camp and selected nano physiology, immunology and analytic chemistry.

"We have excursions at the weekends to immerse us in German culture," she said.

Science has always been a passion for the usually introverted student, but Mikaela said once she participated in the forum earlier this year she found "people who understood me".

"And now I will be meeting people like that on a global scale and will learn to network and build my confidence," Mikaela said.

While she hopes the camp will help her process heavy information for college and university, Mikaela has also set her sights further.

"I will be building contacts in the science industry. I'm interested in forensic science and archeology, looking at the science behind history, like identifying bodies from the Death Pits in Germany and Denmark," she said.

"I have a love of history as well as science."

Mikaela has been fundraising to help with the $8500 needed for the trip.

Supporters include Rotary clubs at Longford, Westbury and Latrobe, who contributed $4500, along with TasAlks, Tasmanian politicians, friends and family.

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