Studying abroad is a valuable and rewarding experience that cannot be easily replicated once you start working. Immersing oneself in another society and culture, managing daily life and academic work largely independently in a foreign language, learning in a different way, meeting new friends, and making new contacts鈥攁ll these aspects can provide numerous positive benefits for one's own studies and beyond. In addition, study abroad experiences positively impact future job applications and careers.
In conversations with students who have studied abroad, it is common to hear that the opportunity brought completely unexpected and new experiences. However, the decision to go abroad for an extended period requires a certain amount of courage and openness.
Students who want to study abroad must start planning and preparing early, about a year and a half before they intend to go. This is due to application deadlines and processing times for scholarship programs or foreign universities.
Almost all scholarship and exchange programs require a completed undergraduate degree at the time of the study. Due to the limited duration of studies, it is advisable for undergraduate students to apply to one of the many scholarship programs at the end of the first semester. In many countries, studies are organized in academic years, so a study abroad program should ideally begin in the winter semester.
Graduate students have the opportunity to complete part of their master's degree abroad or to pursue a Ph.D. abroad.
For more information and advice: International Office
