Pre- departure
We were two students from the Civil Engineering department (Construction and Engineering Management) applying for a course in Forecast Engineering. This course was presented by the Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany. At first we just applied to see whether we will be accepted or not as it was still in the far future. As soon as we got accepted the next step was to gain funding. We applied for a travel bursaries from our own department as well as the international office. When we got informed that we will receive funding from both departments the possibility of going on the exchange program got a reality. Also, thanks to a healthy relationship between Stellenbosch University and other international universities our study fees were covered by the Bauhaus University where we intended to study. This really put us in a situation where we realised that this is a once in a lifetime opportunity.
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