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The University of Crete welcomes Erasmus students in Voutes Campus

The University of Crete welcomes Erasmus students in Voutes Campus

06 October 2025
The International & Public Relations Department of the University of Crete welcomed the new Erasmus students of the Winter Semester 2025 on Tuesday, 30 September 2025, at the Voutes Campus in Heraklion. An orientation day was organized at the Med...
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Winter Semester Erasmus Orientation Day - Voutes Campus, Heraklion

Winter Semester Erasmus Orientation Day - Voutes Campus, Heraklion

24 September 2025
We are pleased to invite all Erasmus students in Voutes Campus of the University of Crete to our Erasmus Orientation Day on Tuesday 30 September at 11:00 a.m. in the 7A Amphitheater of the School of Medicine.We look forward to welcoming you in person...
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Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme on Cognitive Disorders at UoC Medical School

Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme on Cognitive Disorders at UoC Medical School

11 May 2025
The Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) on Cognitive Disorders, organized by the UoC Medical School, kicked off its physical component on May 5  at Voutes University Campus (Heraklion) and was successfully completed on May 9, 2025. This i...
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  • Εμπειρίες Erasmus+ εξερχόμενων φοιτητών
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    ERASMUS.jpg    Bc. Michaela Augustová

     

    My ERASMUS experience at University of Crete,

    My experience begun a week before the semester started. Obviously, I was very nervous of the new, unknown environment, not to mention that this was my first time this far away from my family and friends, and don’t get me even started with the fear of meeting new people and making friends from scratch. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy meeting new people. Well, I very much enjoy getting to know them, but the circumstances that precede it, that’s a real horror for me. The beginnings were difficult, adjusting to the new culture and a totally different school system. Luckily, I met few people that made this bureaucratic adventure bearable. The fact that some teachers do not teach their classes in English and gave us essays to write instead, gave us many opportunities to explore the city surroundings and the whole Crete as well. We were able to rent a car a enjoy beaches and hikes across the island.

    Overall, this experience gave me many positive, but also negative encounters. The positives are meeting great people and becoming friends, traveling and finding new interesting places, or an apartment with a roof garden with a see view. I was really glad to take up Greek language lessons. The teacher was amazing and even though we went through topic really fast, I am now able to hold basic conversation in Greek, and that is incredible. Lastly, the not very pleasant experience was getting on a university bus. When I found out how hard one must fight to get on the bus, I was in shock. Also why do people walk so slow on the sidewalk? I guess I am rather a fast walker, and to be honest, walking on sidewalks was the hardest part to adjust to from the whole Erasmus experience.