Victoria University of Technology (VUT)

I am really glad and grateful that I had the possibility to study abroad. I very much enjoyed my stay in Australia and made a lot of new friends. The most important person at VUT was Herta Derrij, the International Coordinator! She was extraordinary helpful and friendly and overall is a very lovely person. A final advice for all other students: Australia is BIG!!!! From Melbourne to Adelaide it takes you ca. 12 hours by bus. Australia is a very VARYING country! In Melbourne for example it is very cold in winter! Overall: Have fun!!!!

Do not fly back home too early! There are such a lot of things to see! Enjoy Australia. It is such a beautiful country. And traveling is really cheap

I am very glad that I did not chose to live at the housing provided by the university. It was far away from the city center and not very clean. Our housing instead was very clean, located close to the city center and there were a lot of students from different universities and different countries

try to save up some money for the semester break during the summer season so you can go and travel. placed you must see: Cape Tribulation, Mission Beach, Whitsunday Islands, Byron bay, Sydney, Philip Island, The Yarra Valley, Great Ocean Road, Perth and so much more

try to buy groceries from the markets in Footscray (much cheaper then supermarkets), when setting up a bank account at home watch out for australian partner banks so you don't have to pay fees for getting money out of the atms

Yan travel for less expensive if you plan your itinary before you go and buy a "package" which includes almost everything (bus from one city to another, tours to visit, nights in backpackers places, etc).