Next semester, more than 40% of the third year students of Degree in attendance Management Assistance will be on an exchange program overseas study period. With the aim of informing these students, resolving doubts and dispelling clichés about these stays, six fourth-year students shared their experience in different countries during a session entitled "Sharing my exchange experience". Some of these experiences are detailed below:

 

Fátima Ramos - Switzerland (4 months)

"Wherever you go, leave your mark!"

I chose Geneva, and Switzerland in general, for its cosmopolitan aspect. You can feel in the atmosphere the international outreach of this city in daily life. In Geneva alone, there are more than 100 headquarters of international organizations. This helped me to work and deal with all subject cultures and nationalities. For me it has been the best experience. The exchange program enriches us and prepares us for the working world, giving us a much broader perspective of the world. I take with me many experiences and a very broad intercultural vision of the world. Wherever you go, whatever you do, you have to leave your mark.

 

Leire Errazkin - Belgium (4 months)

"Don't forget to study!"

If you are one of the lucky ones about to start your overseas study period, I would tell you to live each day intensely as if it were your last, but don't forget to study! Since I started ISSA I knew I wanted to go on Erasmus. Immersing oneself in another culture is a tremendously enriching experience.. I went to Ghent (Belgium) because it is one of the most international and university cities of Europe. The security that one acquires in oneself and in one's possibilities by having successfully overcome all the challenges of living in a foreign country far from one's own, the feeling of freedom, the amount of trips made, getting to know the functioning of another European university, getting along in another language and in the end... the maturity that you acquire.

 

María Tirador - Canada (12 months)

"I wanted to put myself at test in a different country."

I chose Toronto mainly because I wanted to improve my English with a long stay in an English-speaking country and because it gave me the opportunity to obtain a Canadian degree program . I also wanted to see the northern part of Canada, which is a great natural reservation and take the opportunity to visit some of the rest of America. The winter is pretty harsh, but when it starts to warm up the city fills up with events and festivals. I think it's worth it if you know how to take advantage of it.

It has been an experience with a positive balance for all that I have learned and what I have been able to put me to test being a year in such a different country and having to find a life for myself.