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HAPPY EASTER

HAPPY EASTER

16 April 2025
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“The Commons: Past and Present” BIP 2025 Crete

“The Commons: Past and Present” BIP 2025 Crete

02 April 2025
“The Commons: Past and Present” BIP 2025 Crete Crete – Lodz – Lyon – Sassari partnership  (Coordinated by Eleni Sakellariou – Eleftheria Zei) The Blended Intensive Programme partnership between the Universities of Lumière Lyon 2, Lodz...
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Orientation Day 10.02.2025 @Rethymno Campus

Orientation Day 10.02.2025 @Rethymno Campus

18 February 2025
On Monday, 10th February 2025, the Erasmus Incoming Students Orientation Day for spring semester was successfully held @Rethymno Campus. The International Relations Department welcomed the incoming students and introduced them to the activities and s...
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Erasmus Orientation Day in Heraklion (Voutes Campus)

Erasmus Orientation Day in Heraklion (Voutes Campus)

12 February 2025
The International & Public Relations Department of the UoC invites Erasmus students to the spring semester Orientation Day on Monday February 17, at 12.00,. The event introduces new Erasmus students to the University of Crete and Voutes Campus an...
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  • Εμπειρίες Erasmus+ εξερχόμενων φοιτητών
  • Εμπειρίες Erasmus+ εισερχόμενων φοιτητών

    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.