 Okay, my name is Josie. I'm from Germany and I study a master's degree in Human Security here at Aarhus University. Hi, my name is Kim. I'm originally from Vietnam and I'm studying Master of Finance and International Business right here at Aarhus University. We're going to tell us a little bit about our experience with student life in Aarhus. Yeah, as you can see, this is already one of the pictures from the campus. If you go on the back side of this building, maybe if you do the campus tour later, you'll see it today with the great weather. You're really lucky with that. Yeah, some more pictures of the campus. Yeah, when I first came over here, I was totally impressed about the campus itself because it was so huge and all the facilities are very modern and they use the latest technology for the classroom and everything else. As you can see over here, there are some campus because the university is so big so they have many campuses for different schools. Over here is the University Park, which is the biggest one. And then they have a normal parking which is down here for some communication study. Here's a picture of our business school where I'm studying at now and that just depends. The upper part of this Moscow campus is actually the least known one because it's in the south of the city. It's a little far actually, but it's really very, very pretty because it's located in a forest. And next to a very awesome modern museum about anthropology. What is it about actually? It's really interesting. It's about the history of middle age and stuff. And it's very close to the seaside actually, so in 15 minutes you can walk to the sea after class, which is really awesome. It's very cozy and nice campus because it's so small. So once you come over, you will know why our university was actually ranked as one of the most beautiful universities in the world in 2013 and 2014. So yeah, you will definitely have a good time over here. Here's some pictures of the classrooms and study rooms. So you can see it's very, very modern and latest technology. The good things about Aho University is that they have a lot of space and you can find all the kind of facilities that are equipped for your study basically. So you have all the, for example at BAS, we have a huge library and then we have a lot of quiet reading rooms as well. Besides, we have a lot of other open spaces where you can sit down and study and do discussion with your group anytime you want. In terms of the lecture halls, you have all different kind of lecture halls. So they have from auditorium to lecture hall to up to 400 students and then they have a small classroom as well for some other smaller size class. So all you need to do is just basically study because the rest of that will be where they can care of. Yeah, and here's some more examples of the libraries. That one is in the State Library just across the street. It's very nice and the reading room is there too. So you see you have a silent area and you have also group areas where you can meet and they even have a massage chair there and a piano for your distraction during studies. And actually, this one, no, but the other libraries are open for 24 hours. So you can really, like, if you want to study, you can study hard. Yeah, but it's not only about studying. There's also a lot of things to do in your spare time. Most importantly probably is partying. Maybe on the right side you can probably recognize the room that you're sitting in. It's not only for lectures or for presentations like that but also for parties and concerts. At least twice or three times a month you can go to different concerts from different groups or groups, local music bands. And that's always a very nice thing also to experience from the music culture of the area. Yeah, and on the right, on the left, you can see again what Gitta was talking about this festival in the summer. We're all excited about it now. We've been told a lot about it and yeah, that was very nice. And it's not only necessary that you have to go to the party, organize with other people. If you yourself can organize or host your own party at home, it's very common over here for you to actually invite friends over to your place. And then you have your own party and in local words they call you hooker time. Which is that you have a so-called look like a five-star restaurant dinner at your own home with candles, red lights, red wine. And just, you know, have fun and we call it a time for us to warm up before we get drunk and then go to other places for the party. Besides the path for the party that Josephine is mentioning, it's right here at this very location. Every Tuesday they have something called International Night where a student house actually organized that evening for local Danish students and international students to get to know each other. So just grab a drink and then you make more friends. And besides that, every single school has their own Friday bar. Like at B.S., we have the famous club underground and every single Friday we have party and get to drink. Well, a lot of people are saying that Danes are very close and it's very hard for you to get to know them. That is not true because the moment when you give them a drink, they are super open and friendly. And that is considered as the easiest way for you to get to know the local and make friends over here. I was totally surprised because when I came to the class, the students over here, they are very focused on their studies. So you look at them and you can think that it's very hard to approach them. But after the study time, after the lecture and then you grab a drink together, they start talking a lot to you. Very open, share a lot. And that's how I learned about local culture. I learned a lot about the teeth and how to live and how to adapt to the local life over here. Yeah, at the Friday bar, you can find what every faculty has in every Friday. So you can really go out and meet your fellow students and also meet students from other faculties and it's really nice and cozy. And they start pretty early, so you can basically go there after class. Then there are a lot of student associations. You can learn that also are in English, which is very nice. There's, for example, we're in the YGA program that is the Youth Global Ambassador program. That means we are kind of representing the university like right now to the international students from other universities and also in our own countries. And we have a lot of networking meetings also with other universities in Denmark. That is a very nice thing. Then there's DocLounge where you can help to screening, they are screening different documentaries every month. So that is a very nice thing. There's a United Nations simulation, a student radio called the Jungle in English. The other ones you have to present. And there are even a lot more student associations and clubs for you to join over here. These are just some examples. In the YGA program beside the networking event activities that Jessica just mentioned, we have a lot of workshops where you can actually participate and register. And in those workshops, they teach you a lot about culture, how to get to know dance, how to talk to people over here, what are the common norms and certain behaviors that you should be aware of, for example. And also like yesterday I attended an event and they teach us how to actually get into the local workforce, how to apply for a job over here, practice certain interview skills and everything. And I think last year they had a national conference in Copenhagen where they sponsored you to go to Copenhagen and attend certain workshops and the program over here. So it's very inspiring and you learn a lot. And at the same time, you make a lot of new friends as well. Some other activities that you can join, which is eyesight, which is a student association, is international, where it's also more to practice, to teach you about professional skills. And in this organization, you have your own role. For example, I'm currently holding a corporate branding and business relations manager role. So basically I had to liars with different business over here to arrange internship for international students in our host here. So that somehow even in case you cannot have a student job, you can still get your professional skills through these activities. Student knowledge, they organize different activities for different schools. And here you can see student house. You can be a part of that by sign up as a volunteer and they have different scheme. When you start with a bar and then you join different group. And that's how you get to know other students. So I think our host really deserves the name as a city for the student or student city. Because over here, I think last year they welcomed more than 12,000 students over the last semester. And that actually makes the university, the city is very lively. And with the student, we have a lot of activity as well. And the most important thing is that our host is very international. I must say, I studied and stayed in Singapore before coming here. Singapore is very international as well. But here right in the campus, even if you talk with the local then, they also have an international mind. And in that voice, they are very open and they have a very strong international student community over here as well. So you always have someone to talk to. People are very friendly over here and you will never feel alone. So I myself personally encourage you to join as many student associations as possible to open your network and gain your experience. Yeah, so you're not going to get bored, that's for sure. Yeah, you can also do sports. It's very popular in Denmark to join a sports club or go to the fitness actually. So yeah, you can see some examples of possibilities of sport. It's located in a very pretty area. There's also lots of outdoors where the weather is nice. And there's also a lot of cultural things to do. That one on the lower left side is the museum down in the south close to the other campus. It's a very modern building as you can see. It's really awesome. You should definitely go check it out. On top you might have already seen auras with a rainbow on top. It's also very pretty. It has great modern exhibitions. And in Gosband there are a lot of cultural events that you can join. Movie screenings. The last year there was an international festival where they had presented different cultures and different foods from different countries. So it's very nice and they have all kinds of activities. Do you want to add on that? That's all good. You can also sign up for a Danish language class which is offered for free for now. So I am just going to sign up for the class. It's a little dance. And they can provide you with all the material and there's a local teacher who teaches you the Danish. Even though the language is not that popular around the world, but it's always good for you to get to know about the language and you can actually get to know more about the local culture which is always beneficial for an international student. And here you can see some examples of the surroundings of Aarhus. You have beaches that you can go for a walk or even swim if you're courageous. There's a forest with deer that you can feed and it's very nice also. If the weather is nice and you want to go outside there's a lot to do. And probably one more practical thing is about the housing. If you consider studying here in the autumn you should definitely sign up right now for the student housing because it's very hard and very competitive to find accommodation in Aarhus. And so if you get a spot in the student housing that is not a bad thing. The longer you are in that sign up thing the more likely it gets that you get accommodation. I really recommend doing that because if you're looking on the open accommodation market it's really hard. These are some examples of student housing on the right and in the middle. And then on the left you can see the startup housing is for those people who didn't sign up early enough and who didn't find an accommodation. And as you can see it's like some vans or caravans, how do you call it? So this is really a temporary solution, not great. So I really encourage you even if you didn't decide yet just sign up in the student housing platform to get the month credited and then get an accommodation early enough. I also encourage you when you go into the Aarhus University website there's a tab about student housing and I do encourage you to have a look at that. They have all the guidance, advice over there, different websites, different portrait, different places for you to look for the house. The website or the system that Josephine actually mentioned which is student housing Aarhus that is an online system when you put in your name and when do you want to move in. So you register over there and then they will put you in the waiting list for the student housing. So that's normally the most affordable housing that you can have. And also other than that they have a private mortgage that students can sublet, like for example some students go for exchange program they can sublet their own rooms and you can rent the room from there as well or some local people they rent out their house. But it's very hard to find something there, like really just as a backup plan, sign up on that website and get the month credited because otherwise it's going to probably be hard. As soon as possible. Alright so that was just a picture we were saying that before and now. So before coming here I was a little bit blower. I don't know what to do and even though I study abroad, I stay abroad very long time before coming here. For me coming all the way from Asia to here has a big move and I myself was very worried and I think Josephine as well even though she's from Germany we still don't know like how to do and you know like all the rumors about the days, the clothes and the cold weather, long winter, dark and everything just come into our mind and we were so worried. But when we come over here and we're surprisingly, none of the, not saying none, but I think a lot of rumors become not necessarily true all the time. It all depends on you, how you interact with people, how you get to know other people, how you learn from other people and how you make friends. And that's how we are now. We have a very good time here, make a lot of new friends and don't worry about the culture shock because if an Asian like me can handle it very well I doubt if you guys have any problem. Yeah and I think there are really a lot of possibilities and opportunities to kind of find a network and find a web of people that you can rely on and how you can make the time here very nice and there are a lot of activities and things to do and that is very nice really. You can learn a lot and make a lot of new friends and actually even for me as a German I thought it was not going to be that different culturally but actually it's very different. You can really learn a lot also from the cultural differences. So yeah it's definitely a great, I'm very happy about the choice to come here. Yeah for me I would never regret. Yeah so if you have any questions please go ahead and ask us.