Fachhochschule Kufstein Tirol (FHS-KUFSTEIN)

You must know that Kufstein is very small, but it has some nice clubs like Kufa, Desperados or Arabia, these are the discos. Then if you prefer have a drink in a more calm place, Tscharlies', Manhattan and Carizma are the most popular among the students.

Well, I was lucky because I got a place in the International Residence, but many exchange students didn't and they had to look for a flat by themselves and I can say that the experiences we had are very different. In general, all those students who stayed in a flat during the first semester went back home, but all the ones who stayed in one of the residences decided to stay longer because we were really enjoying our time here.

Kufstein is the best place to come if you speak good English and also a bit of German because you'll be able to practice them. But it's not a good place to learn English from the bases and to learn German neither, since here they speak a dialect which is hard to understand. But if you have a knowledge of both languages you won't have any kind of problems and you'll improve both.

In Spain everybody thinks that Austria is an expensive country, and it is, but as I said before, Kufstein is a small town and it's not so much expensive. Anyway, to save money what you can do is doing your shopping at Hofer (the cheapiest supermarket in town) or in Interspar and buying the Spar products and those ones in sale, I'm doing this and I spend almost the same as in Spain

First of all, say that before coming here I was not sure if I had chosen well the place to do my ex-change, but after 6 months here I know that I couldn't have chosen any better place. It's a very good place to travell because it's in the middle of Europe, one hour from big cities like Munich and Innsbruck and one hour and one half from Salzburg. Italy, Switzerland and the Cezch Republic are also near. Second, people in Kufstein are very nice. In the school you have to work, but it's easy going, it's much easier than others schools and we have a lot of free time, but at the same time we are learning a lot since the lessons are very active (we have to work a lot during the lessons in groups projects) And last thing, if you like winter sports, this is your paradise! There is a skii resort only 20 minutes from the town and during the skii season the skii buses which take you there are for free! I only have one word to describe the skii in the Alps...AMAZING!!! Finally, you have to come to Kufstein!!! You'll love it, everybody does!