 It's really helped me discover who I am and I know that's really lame and I know that You're going to hear this a million times when people want to study abroad But you know, you really find your own feet when you when you come somewhere that seems really foreign to you First of all, I think the academy level is very high It is something that I was looking for when I was Searching different universities and planning to go and study abroad. I was looking at in Portugal and in Netherlands and in Poland and also then in Denmark and I was asking some of my former Former managers and they will say yeah Denmark. We they are in innovation. They are Leading and I was advised that it's a good university and indeed it is since I started my bachelor here a few years ago and Now I'm doing my master. So I'm really happy with my choice. I genuinely love it. It's It was a pleasure from the day I came. I can say I love all the opportunities Denmark gives and My studies I enjoy every aspect of it, which is quite unique. I would say for me. I think the Level of teaching is really high and also I learned a lot in the last year The last one half years I had to my professors have been really really helpful with lots of different things I would say that I've mailed my professors more than I would have ever mailed any professor that I ever had in the US One thing for sure is that you know, they're just there for you And I think that that's a huge difference in and studying here in Denmark is your professor is there for you If you look around here, they're just students as a student city You have that young feeling the vibe. So that's that's really cool. What I like here It's a city like a combination of nature it's close to nature the barband the lake and also the city life where the city center is there are There are many social places in all who's where you can just go during Fridays or whenever you want and meet other students if just for beer or for chitchat or something else The educational system is quite different in Romania In a way a what was my first big lesson was that I learned how to learn It might sound very funny, but I think the system is in the way in Romania that you're more used to a Learn by heart what you're doing there and not really learn to think about and how you can actually apply it in real life You get a lot of feedback from professors And that's one thing that that you don't necessarily get in the US is the professors here really care because you come out as a reflection of them and Mailing in a synopsis and getting back really critical feedback at first I was really angry when I when that happened when when I got a pay a synopsis back and I thought the the feedback was really really critical But actually it was really helpful the more I sat there the more I read it the more I used it in my final paper I would say that the critical feedback was well Well deserved and well needed in order to help me grow as as a writer and as a student like it's not memory memorizing the knowledge but also to apply it and to like argue for it There's one very different thing like in China. There's right and wrongs The teacher can say this is wrong not right, but here everything can be right as long as you can argue for it Back home. I I only experienced high school But the transition to Danish University wasn't that difficult as I thought it will be But there are still aspects that change. You are more responsible for yourself There's there's no one that would tell you you have to come to lectures, especially in Denmark You don't have to you only have to come for exams So it's it's your responsibility and you suddenly become an independent person Compared to Romania in a way. It's more up-to-date So when we do different subjects and we study different Topics and they are much more up-to-date. They really are trying to give us a sense What it means to be up to date with a business environment with the recent changes whether it's a economic crisis Whether there is globalization or whether it's a multiple cultures and how you deal with that What I really like here is this kind of study environment. I when I say I go through the library And my bachelor was what you're going to the library or you're not cool. This is a nerd, but here it's really yeah nice We are also there and then we exchange ideas So this is kind of the environment makes a big difference and that's what I really that's why I sometimes stay longer Because the new S building what we have here. I think it's also very different if you're sitting in a library, which is gloomy and no air and Sticky or if you're living in a really nice Danish architectural minimalistic S building where you can watch the seaside This is also a kind of difference and we have that here as well in comparison to all of course, Germany's and the culture is similar, but The academic culture is quite quite different from Denmark is in Germany. It's more hierarchic and this and then Marcus Yeah, you have a really close relationship to your teachers I think it's a very informal culture in a way and when I say informal I mean a lot about the fact that here you're allowed to address your teachers on the first name and And it's very very easy and comfortable going and saying to them if there's something you didn't understood or is something that you Really want to ask further. I think they're very open to these If you come as an international students tools in the first place I think it's no problem to make social context with international students in the first place if you're open persistent and You have to know this we have to look at what they what the Danes are responding But not because normally you don't get a criticism feedback if you're talking too much Then the the day he was always exactly exactly but in his mind He's like that what is wrong with him So it's really hard to get a feedback from the Danes But just look what they do and then be open and I think then it will come I think it's the same where they live in China or where they live in UK or where they live in Denmark It's the same thing you need to understand the local customs and local traditions And this I think constitutes a big part of your social life some of my Danish friends are very like encouraging and They're quite nice to someone foreign or like new newly come here It's hard for me to give advice because I think every study abroad is what you make of it And I think that's what some people have to realize when they come to Denmark is that your experience abroad will be what you make of it and That goes from everything from taking trips around Denmark to your life at the University to getting a job I think very much that If you come to Denmark and you hate it Then you're gonna hate your whole entire study abroad and there was no point in you really going abroad Whereas I think if you come to Denmark and you realize what all Denmark has to offer Because it's more than just the University. It's more than just learning Danish It's more than just being an oh hoos I think that there's a lot more within Denmark that they're that they're yeah, that you can kind of discover I Guess that kind of goes for both People interested in Denmark and people here in Denmark is the whole entire The whole entire thing is what you make of it I really like they have those International community where they organize all kinds of activities for International like students or people works here. I am as a German Very competitive. I always want to win. I always want to be the best one and the Danes are more from the Hofstädter They are more cultural. They're more even winning is not they're the team base That's what they approach is and then we had some class exercises and Then I really noticed that that some they were just it's not about winning guy It's about the group and how we work together and I was at the beginning. Jesus guys What what's going on here? But then I noticed that yeah, if if if the group is working together as as one group The outcome is also better. So there's just thought about winning Actually harms at the beginning with when you're working with with Danes together. So that's what I learned It's not about winning at all the time. It's more about working together as a group really nicely that way I am as a German Very competitive. I always want to win. I always want to be the best one and the Danes are more from the Hofstädter They are more cultural. They're more even winning is not they're the team base That's what they approach is and then we had some class exercises and Then I really noticed that that some they were just it's not about winning guy It's about the group and how we work together and I was at the beginning. Jesus guys But what's going on here? But then I noticed that yeah, if if if the group is working together as as one group The outcome is also better. So there's just thought about winning Actually harms at the beginning when you're working with with Danes together. So that's what I learned It's not about winning at all the time. It's more about working together as a group really nicely that was is very international so then This is a very good point when it comes to university level because you actually get to to know a lot of International students and this makes a really good global culture so to speak Listen as well as share your ideas to actively participate in it The form of examination is very very different from those ones in China right now I'm I'm learning and enjoying to learn. It sounds a little bit strange enjoy to learn, but I like it here It's something very different because you come from a different culture and you're used with different requirements when it comes to an exam And then you got here suddenly to a different style of doing exams and and getting your grade on So I think this is a huge difference and this was a challenge for me. I am as a German Very competitive. I always want to win. I always want to be the best one and The Danes are more from the Hofstädter. They are more Cultural they're more even not winning is not there to team-based. That's what they approach is and then we had some class exercises and Then I really noticed that that some they were just it's not about winning kind It's about the group and how we work together and I was at the beginning Jesus guys What what's going on here, but then I noticed that yeah, if if if the group is working together as as one group The outcome is also better. So there's just thought about winning Actually harms at the beginning with when you're working with with Danes together. So that's what I learned It's not about winning at all the time. It's more about working together as a group really nicely that