Charlie: San Jose State University, California, USA – Semester 1, 2016 Hi! I’m Charlie Shaw-Feather and I am studying a Bachelor of Engineering, majoring in Computer and Software Systems. I studied at San Jose State University (SJSU) for the spring semester, 2016. As I am writing this I…
Life in Sweden & at KTH
Peter: Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden, Semester 1, 2016 Through the QUT Exchange program I had the opportunity to spend not one, but two full semesters abroad in Stockholm, Sweden. I had done some backpacking through South East Asia in the past, but I had never left…
Highlights of my Time in Japan
Jackie: Kansai Gaidai University, Osaka, Japan – Semester 1, 2016 At KGU you have three accommodation options; you can apply for a homestay, apply to live in a dorm or you can find your own options. I chose to live in a dorm because I had never lived…
Cost of Living in London and Travel
Hannah: City University London, Semester 1, 2016 I did not fully comprehend how much living in London would cost until I got over there, however I had enough savings to not stress about money, live comfortably and enjoy many travel opportunities. This should definitely be communicated to future…
Discovering the University of Essex
I went on exchange to the University of Essex in the second semester of 2015. The University of Essex is situated in Colchester which has claimed to be the oldest town in Britain. Colchester is a relatively small, historic town but is fast-growing. When I first arrived, I…
Life in Canada as an exchange student
I chose my partner institution as I have always wanted to go to Canada and it was a very beautiful campus with a well renowned business school. My first impressions where that Kingston was very beautiful. The only issue I had was that I arrived two weeks before…
The hidden secrets of an exchange to Dublin
For the last half of 2015 I had the most amazing experience studying at Trinity College Dublin, in Ireland. Ireland I can honestly say is one of the friendliest countries you will ever encounter. The people are consciously aware of the fact that their city has an abundance…
Exchange in the Heart of Colombia
The City Bogotá is a huge city of 8 million people. There’s a ton of wealth there, but also crazy inequality. The wealth is all concentrated in the north, and the city gets progressively poorer as you move south, in a weirdly perfectly linear fashion. Where you’ll spend…
Surviving in Berlin
At HTW, With regards to how I funded my time in Berlin, I financed my whole trip from the government bursary, the QUT scholarship and 1,500 of my own savings, so not a huge amount for 6 months in europe. However I found it super easy to…
My life-changing Berlin experience
Fashion is a creative industry that is often dismissed as frivolous and vacuous, however this misconception has spurred me to seek success and ingenuity as a young designer, and pushed me to pursue fashion on an international scale. The exchange program at QUT was promoted to me by…