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• Who Are Our Graduates?

  …bility and want to be involved in one particular kind of tasks. I soon realized that this wasn’t for me. Working at a major company, you don’t always feel responsible for a certain project — you are just one out of many, and it often happens that your ambitions die out and you lose your interest in the job. At one of his lectures, Prof. Shalyto told us about a men…

  28.01.2020

• My Impressions After 5 Months in St. Petersburg

  …xchange semester had been observed closely to all their needs. The System also helped me socialize since they have organized several events and even trips. All in all, I certainly had had a lot of fun and acquired lots of new knowledge and skills. It has been a unique process of living abroad and alone. I can only express my gratitude for all those people who care…

  27.01.2020

• From High School Graduation to Diploma: Expectations vs Reality

  …est way possible. Sharing your minds and thinking outside of the box adds extra strain, but allows you to avoid your knowledge gaps. Many people think that they should join certain groups as rapidly as possible. However, being afraid of being late is not a justified reason because to students, interaction is inevitable. In order to reach that goal, it is better to pr…

  21.01.2020

• Meeting and Talking with International Students

  …uldn’t you be glad to meet someone from Russia here right now?'. Two weeks later I was visiting my Portuguese friends. I was shocked by the huge Portuguese flags instead of curtains in their room. In addition, when teachers asked us where we came from, the Portuguese ALWAYS answered that they were from the best country! Actually, I was in Portugal last summer and of …

  02.12.2019

• Yagodnoe Trip: A Chance to Strengthen Ties Between Russian and Exchange Students

  …e had to decide what to do; as a reserved person, I know how upsetting it is to do something against one’s will. And since there were a lot of options of things to do, I am certain that no one was left behind. After watching a comedy video and then playing "Mafia", I decided to go to some friends' house. There I talked about lots of different topics and I dare…

  20.11.2019

• St. Petersburg Russia: A Stunning Global Paradise

  … fact, it presents a commendable public sphere and affordable living conditions that accommodate anyone and everyone. Notably, the environment is not only liveable but also sustainable, and often has something for everyone, courtesy of excellent and continuous work by the city administration under the governorship of Alexander Beglov. If you have never visited St.…

  24.10.2019

• From University of Campinas in Brazil to ITMO University in Russia

  …d you of yourself. In other words, you face a cultural shock and this makes your identity become remodeled in a way that you start seeing things differently but also want to attain to the self of you that you know; therefore, the most reliable thing to do is to look out for people in the same situation as you (other exchange students, who face a really similar situat…

  25.09.2019

• One Hour: A Trip to Catherine Palace

  …is without their own guide, so our guide booked their official guide. When we entered the front door, the stairs were going up, as we went up the stairs, there were six red curtains on the top of the wall, and there were paintings on both sides of the wall. The official guide started talking, then we went a few steps upstairs and entered the left-hand side door. We s…

  12.09.2019

• I’ll be back

  …ial politics, Russia has a convenient internet bank system (in Germany people are afraid of something personal being stolen through the internet, but they never close their curtains and have "naked politics" in saunas). The list can be endless. The answer is "every place can be good or bad, the most important thing is to find the right people and even the North Po…

  23.08.2019

• My Student Exchange in Czech: Buddy System

  …ike a bowling night, tour de pub, walking with dogs, trip to Czech city Olomouc. Moreover, these guys organized some trips to such amazing places as Budapest and the Tatra Mountains in Slovakia. In my opinion, their best idea was to go to Auschwitz and Krakow. The message of the trip was to remember the terrors of the past to prevent them from happening in the future…

  12.08.2019