Hi my name is Svenja! I am 23 years old and I live in Bremen in northern Germany. In August 2020 I started my semester abroad at Turku AMK in the department of Mechanical Engineering. I have to admit, getting started in a new city, in a new country, can be...
Imagine walking into your new apartment and it’s empty. There's no bed, no kitchen tools for cooking up your first breakfast and no glasses to have a glass of water. That’s the situation many exchange students experience when coming to study abroad and it’s a scary thought isn’t it? And getting...
Welcome to Vaasa! You definitely made a good choice studying in this small, but lovely city, which is offering everything a student’s heart desires. During my stay abroad in Vaasa I definitely felt at home and I enjoyed every moment, except – to be honest – my very first one....
Last year I was an exchange student in Finland. I stayed four months. Before my arrival I chose my lectures at the partner university, I booked my flight and I found an accommodation… I was very happy and nearly everything was well prepared… Yes, I said ‘nearly’, because before my...