{"id":1626,"date":"2015-07-22T11:00:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T01:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/student-life-in-brisbane\/?p=1626"},"modified":"2015-08-19T15:03:35","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T05:03:35","slug":"an-electrifying-experience-in-germany-the-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2015\/07\/22\/an-electrifying-experience-in-germany-the-before\/","title":{"rendered":"An Electrifying Experience in Germany : The Before"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Before I even started my Electrical Engineering degree at QUT, I had my mind set on studying abroad in Germany. This decision was primarily motivated by the following factors:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>I wanted to live in a location which was central to many other European countries, so that I would be able to travel as I studied.<\/li>\n<li>I wanted to receive an exposure to new cultures, become independent, have fun, etc!<\/li>\n<li>I wanted to experience life and study in a new language (I had been learning German).<\/li>\n<li>Germany is a world leader on the engineering front and provides a high quality of tertiary education in this field.<\/li>\n<li>Germany is one of the few countries in the world which have made a significant investment in renewable energies; an area which I want to pursue in my career.<\/li>\n<li>I have a general interest in German culture and history.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As the German university semesters don\u2019t line up with Australia, I took the opportunity to travel around Europe for the first few months of the year. I backpacked with some friends to 10+ countries in Europe, where I got to see and explore world-renowned sites and experience cultures which both shocked and thrilled me. Although I was told that it is more pleasant to travel Europe in summer, I\u2019m quite pleased that I got to brave the harsh European winter; as the sites, atmosphere and temperature are aspects I\u2019ll never experience in Australia. It also meant that I could travel cheaper and more spontaneously, due to it being low season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Then came my exchange. At the beginning of March I moved into my dorm in the small German city, Paderborn.<\/p>\n<h3>Jonathan Petrie, University of Paderborn<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before I even started my Electrical Engineering degree at QUT, I had my mind set on studying abroad in Germany. 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