Category: KU Leuven

Pre-Departure:

I was extremely excited when I received the news that I was part of a small group of students chosen to study abroad at the summer school in KU Leuven in Belgium! Our group was selected from the Department of Business Management based on academic merit and therefore we did not have to follow the usual application process required for international exchanges. However, the process we followed to prepare for the exchange was otherwise the same. There were a number of small tips and tricks I picked up on to make this period as easy and pain-free as possible.

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Pre-departure:

I did not have to make a video or apply to study abroad as I was chosen based on performance to do a summer school at KU Leuven in Belgium.

This made my preparations for the trip abroad a lot simpler. However, we struggled a bit more when communicating with the university in Belgium as they took long to reply, frustrating all the people involved trying to organize this trip. This makes me so thankful for the great team at the international office at Stellenbosch.

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Pre-departure:

I suppose this part of the trip is as almost as exciting at the trip itself, well at least that was my experience.

After being called in and offered the opportunity to travel abroad due to our academic achievements in our undergraduate studies, it took a few days for the excitement to really kick in. I think it was great in the sense that the university acknowledged our achievements in a way none of us expected them to. All of a sudden the sacrifices we made during our studies had paid off and been recognised.

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