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• Discovering Barcelona: Part 3

  In Parts 1 and 2, we learned how Mikael, a third-year ITMO student, set out on his exchange semester in Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), reaching it despite any challenges along the way. Mikael also offered his recommendations on short trips and tours of the city. In this final installment of the series, we discover his must-see places in Barcelona, as well as tips for future exchange students.

  25.10.2023

• Discovering Barcelona: Part 2

  In the first installment of this story, we learned how Mikael, a third-year student at ITMO, and his sister Zhenya decided to set out to Barcelona for academic exchange. We left him as he'd established communication to the international office of his receiving university, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF). Here's what happened next!

  27.09.2023

• Going on Exchange During the Pandemic

  Breathe in, the first border: Russian border control officers suspiciously gaze at my red passport; the second border: European border control officers ask about the purpose of my visit; the third border: German police are smiling; breathe out.

  10.11.2020

• Meeting and Talking with International Students

  How do you start communicating with people from around the world? Are the Portuguese so patriotic? How much do we have in common with the French? This is my fourth post about my exchange semester in a small Czech city Zlin and I’d like to tell you about communication with people from other countries. In fact, meeting people was the best part of the term, because first of all it has greatly enriched me as a person. You can find my other posts here.

  02.12.2019

• I’ll be back

  A train from Wismar-Hamburg, with one change in a small-town Schwerin, to Hamburg airport, 2 hours at the airport with a huge anti-depressing pack of gummy bears, 2.5 hours on the plane and here we go, "you're arriving at St. Petersburg, the hero-city Leningrad. The temperature outside is 16 degrees Celsius. Thank you for choosing "Rossiya Airlines.'" Welcome home.

  23.08.2019

• My Student Exchange in Czech: Buddy System

  In my third post I will tell you about the Buddy System and student events at Tomas Bata University in Zlin, a small Czech city where I spent my exchange semester. You can also read my first and second post about my student exchange in the Czech republic.

  12.08.2019

• Studies and University Life in the Czech Republic: Student Exchange

  This is my second blog about my exchange semester in a small Czech city called Zlin. Today, I will tell you about my host university. You will know about amazing university’s buildings, as well as lectures, labs and exams. Read my first blog here.

  23.07.2019

• Life in the Czech Republic as an International Student

  What is it like to be an exchange student in the Czech Republic? I will share with you my experience last semester and write a few posts. In this blog I’m going to describe the country and Zlin, the city where the university is located, and share with you about the Czechs and the budget. Let’s start!

  28.06.2019

• Exchange Semester in Seoul

  My name is Edward Kamalov, I am a 3rd year bachelor's student, my major is macroeconomics. Last autumn semester I was studying in the University of Seoul, located in South Korea. I want to tell you some facts and maybe give some tips about studying abroad!

  08.02.2019