FH Joanneum

Together with the international challenge learning languages was the main reason why I took off to Austria. I had have a lot of German grammatically but was to afraid to use it. Now I can speak it much better and I really like it to try and talk, a lot of people set you at ease and in that way I´m not afraid anymore to make mistakes. I really suggest to know at least the basic phrases of the spoken language when you choose a country; a lot of my collegue students had difficulties to just buy a something in a store....About the lessons in English: I had have English for a long time at home and didn´t have any difficulties to understand the instructors. Though, my spoken English is really improving and that is just a really good experience.

there are many good low-cost airlines (RYANAIR, SKYEUROPE,GERMANWINGS) and nice good train offers that you can take advantage of when you travel around Europe so you need to be intelligent enough to find them and book in advance cause they are not that evident or easy to find. Always ask the ones have been there before. They will know better and give you lots of good tips

This is an experience I wouldn´t have want to miss. If it was possible for my home university I would have stayed a whole year. I would really recommend this experience to everyone, learning about different cultures, languages, it´s just great!

They arranged an appartment for me, according of my wishes (appartment, price, own room, close to school,..) and I´m really satisfied about the service that cost 50€. If you don´t like their first choice, you can have 2 more chances so that way you can change if you don´t like the outcome; this wasn´t necessary for me! Really happy about the service!

For the international students at the Joanneum the place to gather before going out or just have a drink was the Irish Pub ´Flann O´Brien`, situated in the Paradeisgasse. But other fun places to go out where situated in the Elisabethstraße, close to the University, with Gecco and Kultus as most popular places. At the Joanneum and the university there were also lot´s of party´s in the buildings of the schools, also not to be missed!