Darina Ivanova
a 4-year student of the International Economics and Business
My name is Darina Ivanova and I am the luckiest student ever! Why? In the spring 2018 my home university, UrFU Graduate School of Economics and Management, and its new partner, Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences, provided me with the unique opportunity to take part in the exchange educational program for the winter semester 2018/2019.
Thus, my wonderful educational trip to Germany, in other words "semester abroad", started in September 2018. Since that time, my life has enriched with vivid emotions, inspiring ideas and extremely amazing people around me.
So, what are the key elements, which made my semester abroad successful? Firstly, networking is one the greatest advantages of being an exchange student: I have met more than 100 students from Germany, Italy, Spain, Finland, France, Japan, Egypt and Turkey. That is the main reason why I have been so motivated to practice English and German a lot and even have started to learn a new foreign language — Italian.
Secondly, I have gained priceless experience in making my own timetable of courses I am interested in and which is quite different from my home university where majority of courses are not optional in accordance with our education system and you as a student is required to take them.
Besides making timetable on my own, I was allowed to take courses from different educational programs: some from International Business and some from Tourism Management, and it made me extremely happy.
Finally, semester abroad is a golden chance to travel: my friends and I have visited two unique countries from the cultural perspective — France and Switzerland, which is a country of my dream, and, as a result, completely fell in love with French cuisine and Swiss nature!
To sum up, now being an exchange student means a lot for me: from visiting interesting lectures in English and solving challenging business cases to getting involved in the huge international events and enjoying picturesque European landscape. So, I can say that going for a semester abroad is 100% worth doing to broaden your personal and professional horizons.
Created / Updated: 4 April 2019 / 4 April 2019
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