Studying abroad – at many universities?

Why is it worth to apply for different universities? Because every country and every school has a different system and different programs. For example when I went to do my Erasmus in Vienna in Wirtschaftsuniversität, I didn’t really know what to expect. Cause in UE in Katowice we study in a little bit different way. We have basic lectures and then (not always) we have practical classes according to lectures. In Vienna in looked different, cause every lecture is based on some case studies, drills, team works. And in the end you may have only one chance to pass the test, if you don’t you fail forever. At UE in Poland we have three or even more approaches. It means that at WU in Vienna you really have to work hard during the whole semester, not only at the end of the semester. The big disadvantage of this is that you can’t really work during studies, cause attendance is required. At UE – I could combine work with studying. The situation is even more different in Taiwan at NTU – fist of all it’s the best University in Taiwan, and UE student who come here to exchange usually are signed up to Global MBA program. During some classes you not only have to do cases or actively attend the class (not sleep somewhere in the back) but also its required to do many papers, many presentations, books review etc. Students have so many stuff to do at home.

The greatest thing about studying abroad is foreign language. Your English will improve like three times. And the cool thing is that you can always attend the country language classes. So in Vienna I took German course – it’s much more awesome to have native teacher! And in Taiwan I am taking Chinese course – also with native teacher who speaks actually mandarin with Taiwanese accent. On the beginning it’s confusing but then you realize it’s a great reward.