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Starting university can be quite an overwhelming process for many people, especially when you decide to study abroad. I should know, given that I am going through it as I am writing this. Now when I say overwhelming, I don’t necessarily mean bad, it just means that a lot of emotions have to be dealt with and even more information has to be processed. When I decided on a city to study in, I was especially overwhelmed by the numerous dormitories in Graz<\/a> available for students, by the different studies to choose from, and so much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things get even worse when you are unfortunate enough like me to be a freshman in Austria while COVID-19 is still raging, making things even more complicated. But it has been almost a month now and I would like to believe that I got a hang of it, meaning I am overflowing with information that you guys will most definitely find useful. So without further due, let’s get right into it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What to study?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n


Choosing a degree should be the first one to check off of your to-do list, however it may be the most difficult one of them all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not everybody knows what they want to do since they were a little kid.<\/strong> As a matter of fact, it is a greater proportion of people who make this extremely important decision the summer before university than the ones who knew it all along, so no pressure. When you reach your decision does not matter, it is the decision itself that does. After all, this is the thing you will more or less be doing for the rest of your life, so my advice to you would be: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choose the thing you actually like.<\/strong> You don’t want to be miserable all the way through university AND later on in life.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Also, don’t let money influence your decision. Of course, you want to make a good living, but is hating your job really worth those couple k’s? I really don’t think so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We live in a time where we have countless opportunities, and this applies to university degrees, too. Some people (me) may be overwhelmed by the number of options because there is always something interesting in pretty much every area of life. Some people (also me), however, appreciate and see it as a privilege, being able to explore pretty much any single thing in this world if you just choose to. Not many people have that opportunity. This also depends on the country, city and university you are applying for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For an example, Bosnia – my homeland – does not yet have a degree in Biomedical Engineering, which I am currently studying, so once I decided what I wanted to do, I started searching for the best option.<\/strong> I put in a lot of thought in this and finally decided to study abroad in Graz and apply for the University of Technology Graz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where to study in Graz?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Karl Franzens University Graz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Once you’ve chosen your degree, you’ll want to find the best place for you to do it at. For me, and thousands of other young people, that was, as I already mentioned, TU Graz<\/a>.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graz itself is one big student city and that is only because of the grade A education that you will be getting here, should you choose to come. Whether you are a tech geek, humanities enthusiast or a talented musician, Graz will most definitely have something to offer you<\/strong>, since there are so many universities and colleges to choose from: Medical University<\/a>, Karl Franzens University<\/a>, University of Technology<\/a>, University of Arts<\/a>, FH Joanneum<\/a>, FH Campus<\/a> and University for Teacher Training<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My experience during my study abroad in Graz<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Even though I only had the chance to experience one of the universities mentioned above, I have a lot of friends studying at the other ones so I can assure you that I am speaking on behalf of every student here when I say that coming to Graz was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you may have already figured out, I am an international student from Bosnia so coming to Graz and studying in another language was definitely not the easiest option for me. I could have just as easily stayed in my country, do a degree in Bosnian and come home every weekend to a home-cooked meal, but since I had already studied abroad before coming to Graz I knew that this was something that I had to do again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leaving for university is already exciting as it is, but add a new country and a new language, and suddenly things get even more crazy. <\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I moved to England when I was 16 to do my A-Levels there and I have to admit that the first few weeks were living hell for me because even though there were people around me, there was nobody who spoke my language and shared my culture, which at that point made me feel so alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I came to Graz a year ago, I felt relieved. It wasn’t home but each day I would hear a person speak Bosnian or see something that to me seemed familiar. This goes for pretty much every culture there is. The fact that there are currently around 60 thousand students studying in Graz of which a great proportion is international proves my point even further.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Study abroad in Graz with Erasmus<\/h3>\n\n\n\n


One of the interesting facts about Graz is that its universities are all part of the Erasmus Programme<\/a>. <\/strong>This gives everybody a chance to try their luck and go into the unknown in order to study what they love and really just have fun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you ask Erasmus students why they decided to take part in an exchange programme, more than half of them will list meeting new people and experiencing a new culture before studying itself<\/strong>, and to be frank there is a good reason for it. I have gained some life-long friendships during my time in England and also here in Graz that I want to cherish for life, plus the parties get ratchet with all those new people coming into the dorm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This brings me to my next point: DORM LIFE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dorm life in Graz<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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