 My name is Tulio, I'm from Brazil and I'm studying Bachelor of Environmental Engineering. I'm passionate about environmental engineering because it tries to bring sustainability to our world. What I'm interested about my degree is that it's a multidisciplinary degree and it could be applied for any environment in the world. I found out about the University of Newcastle through the website called hotcoursesabroad.com. The university is a very diverse environment. There's people from all around the world here and people especially from Newcastle, they're very friendly and they're always willing to help. I like Newcastle because it's a small town but it also has the benefits of a big city. So it has nice beaches, it has good nightlife, good restaurants. The public transport system is very good. I did join the Brazilian University Society which is giving me very good network contacts and possibly enjoyable opportunities for the future. The internship that I was approved to is a research internship and it's going to be an extension of the research that I'm doing for my final year project. Once I finish my degree I'll be able to apply for a graduate visa and that would allow me to study and work full-time in Australia. It was a great decision to come here because I compare the standards of the education here and back in Brazil and there's so much high in here so it was definitely, I would say, the decision of my life.