IU International University of Applied Sciences

I enjoyed my time in Germany so much that I decided to stay long-term. Since December, I’ve been in the role of Inside Sales Engineer with Fife Tidland GmbH, a multinational company providing solutions for web-handling. It was a good thing that internationality was such a major dimension of the IU experience, as I deal with clients from Western Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

When it came time for expanding my horizons, I was determined to study in Germany. It’s a nation whose famous standards in engineering and manufacturing are matched by the quality of its educational institutions and, located as it is in the heart of Europe, it provides access to a strong network of national economies and international companies. I was also excited to get to know more about the culture, society and people of Germany. I was drawn to IU (formerly known as IUBH) specifically thanks to its excellent record of alumni success, world-class teaching and research. Hand-in-hand with the university’s academic standards was its international nature – which I knew would help me further develop my intercultural communication skills.

I glad to be a participant of the program as studying from everywhere in one certificated university such as mine (IU University of Applied Sciences). I knew that I will meet some obstacles, and it has lots of pros for me as well. First of all, I want to list the positive sides that I noticed during the several months of studying here. They are such as follows: 1) Qualitative knowledge: we have fully acquired to read any books from the online library. The University get access to be free and engaged by doing it! My course give me the opportunity to use any sources that I want to use on my assignments and studies. That is really cool; 2) Flexibility at any form: I can live and study overall whenever I am. I can do it at night or even laying on the sofa! I can spend convenient for me amount of time studying. In addition, I can miss some days and do extra on the other; 3) Motivation: my University suggest to help at any way when you want to get motivation. For instance, it could be helping from Study Coach or just support from the common university assistant. Of course, they make our communities on the social networking where study-buddies can share their experiences and assist everybody; 4) Wide range of getting skills: we have access to diversity sites that suggest you to gain and consolidate your knowledge, we have lots of Zoom events about career talking, study coaching and other. By the way, twice per month professors spend time with students that want to ask something related to study or some of them make lectures in Zoom every week; 5) Having own study platform: it is working quickly and comfortable (picture how it looks). By and large, it is adorable to be here. Live in my hometown and study abroad! It gives me such a lot of inspiration to develop! The second point, it is cons list. I want to highlight only two majors for me, they are: 1. Communication with the University service office - that is a big trouble due to the fact that they answer during the long time (it could be more than 2 weeks) 2. Lack of interactions compare to offline study: we have events but do not have so much with just life sharing experiences. To sum up, the most people should try to participate on these programs to struggle with yourself and get lots of new skills and opportunities!