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Formed by generations of wealthy musical, literary, and creative heritage, the Czech Republic affords an inspiring backdrop on your research overseas expertise. It’s additionally house to a robust tutorial custom going again centuries, due to famend establishments like Charles College, one of many oldest universities on this planet. With AIFS Overseas, you’ll be able to research overseas in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, earn tutorial credit score at a revered college, and develop your worldwide community in a single unforgettable expertise. Able to study extra about what it’s actually like to check overseas within the Czech Republic?
Hear from 4 faculty college students who did a research overseas program within the Czech Republic with AIFS Overseas!
Jasmine: Fall Semester in Prague
Jasmine, a junior from the College of New Hampshire, studied overseas in Prague throughout fall semester.
Hear Jasmine describe why she selected Prague:
“I used to be truly caught between London and Prague when selecting to check overseas, however I selected to check overseas in Prague as a result of I wished to immerse myself in a brand new language and a brand new tradition. And I simply wished to be in an attractive metropolis proper in the midst of Europe, [where] it’s simple to get round and journey to totally different locations. It’s an attractive metropolis with superb views, and it appears like a film being right here.”
Jasmine additionally stated that “If you’re in Prague, you’ll discover that it’s truly simple and low cost to journey to neighboring nations and cities!” Throughout her research overseas program, she went to “Bohemia Switzerland [National Park] in early October, which is on the border between Czechia and Germany! Narnia was filmed there!” Jasmine additionally went on some AIFS Overseas journeys and excursions, together with the Auschwitz-Krakow 3-day tour and the two-day Moravia journey, the place she says they “went to a cave, Brno, a palace, a wine cellar, and rather more!”
Not solely did Jasmine get pleasure from touring in Europe and exploring Prague, however she additionally liked her lessons overseas, as she explains:
“I really like all my lessons… I’m a sociology and justice research main, so after all, the Sociology of Meals class is one in all my favorites general as a result of it’s making use of issues I already know to the subject of meals, which is fascinating to me.”
Regardless of the place you go together with AIFS Overseas, you’ll be able to relaxation assured that there shall be trusted on-site workers who’re able to help you, as they did with Jasmine in Prague:
“There may be AIFS workers right here in Prague. There’s an AIFS workplace proper close to the middle of town, and you’ll go there just about any time. Often, one of many Program Administrators is there, both Renata or Jenny, and so they’re each superb; you’ll be able to name them anytime. [There is also] the AIFS emergency cellphone quantity, [and] we’ve an AIFS group chat for the semester, [which] you’ll be able to textual content just about anytime and somebody will reply. They’re superb.”
Leah: Spring Semester in Prague
Leah, an English and non-profit administration pupil from The Ohio State College, studied overseas in Prague through the spring semester.
It’s regular for research overseas college students who don’t know anybody of their program to fret about making associates overseas. As Leah explains, making associates is simple on AIFS Overseas applications:
“I got here to Prague not figuring out anyone, and the primary week I met lots of people in AIFS by our welcome week applications—the programming is basically intensive and nice, and we had an early journey to Moravia… which was very nice, I obtained to bond with lots of people…”
For college students who wish to research overseas on a price range, the Czech Republic could also be a terrific possibility. As Leah stated, the price of residing is far decrease in Prague in comparison with New York, the place she’s from:
“Issues are usually actually low cost in Prague, particularly in comparison with New York costs. I’d say most issues [in Prague] are round half the value of what I’d pay in New York, particularly while you discuss meals. Most dinners out shall be like 10 bucks or much less, after which you’ll be able to add a ten% tip, but it surely’s not necessary.”
Not solely did Leah love how low cost the meals was, however she additionally stated that “Meals in Prague is 10/10, however you’ve obtained to do your analysis.” She recommends following native meals accounts on Instagram earlier than you research overseas so you will discover hidden gems and eating places serving scrumptious Czech dishes.
Ava: Summer time in Prague
Ava, an Anthropology pupil from the College of Arkansas, selected a summer season research overseas program in Prague. Hear Ava describe her expertise taking lessons at Charles College:
“My Interpretation of European Fairytale class was tremendous enjoyable and allowed me to learn tales and watch movies I’ve by no means heard of earlier than. We additionally obtained to go on some subject journeys to see the place Czech legends originated from, which was tremendous superior! And my different class, City Views, actually opened my eyes to the truth of residing in Prague—the nice and the dangerous—that I positively wouldn’t have realized in some other place. They had been extraordinarily distinctive to Charles College and Prague and had been totally different from lessons again house, however in the easiest way attainable.”
Beneath, Ava explains her favourite a part of learning overseas:
“Positively simply the expertise of visiting one other nation, however not as a vacationer, as a pupil. I believe it actually means that you can see the tradition and the nation in a distinct gentle that you just wouldn’t usually get simply as a vacationer. I’ve gotten to know all the nice spots—all the nice café spots, all the nice eating places, the cheaper, extra inexpensive, extra native spots. You positively wouldn’t be getting that simply as a vacationer right here.”
Jasmine wasn’t the one one who raved in regards to the useful on-site help in Prague! Take heed to what Ava needed to say about her Program Director, Renata:
“We love Renata! She has helped coordinate the excursions & actions offered by AIFS, together with serving to out with something we’d like! Genuinely such a tremendous girl!”
Hannah: Research + Internship in Prague
Hannah from Rhodes School did a Research + Internship program in Prague throughout her spring semester. This distinctive sort of program permits faculty college students to check and intern overseas on the identical time, by taking lessons alongside a part-time internship.
Hannah selected Prague as a result of, as she explains, she wished a novel research overseas expertise:
“I selected to research overseas in Prague as a result of I wished to do one thing totally different than what most of my friends had been doing. I didn’t know of many individuals [who] had studied in Prague… I spotted that with Prague I’d have the power to really expertise every little thing that town has to supply…”
Hear Hannah describe how she spent her free time in Prague:
“When I’m not in lessons or at my internship, I may be sitting in a restaurant engaged on some homework, grocery buying, going to discover a brand new space of Prague, going to a museum, or hanging out with associates. It actually will depend on the day. That’s a part of what makes this expertise so distinctive. I do know that if I had been at my house college, I’d not have used a day off from lessons to go discover a museum or a brand new space. At house, I’ve a a lot tighter schedule, however now, if a colleague from my internship offers me a suggestion for a brand new restaurant or a spot to go to, then I’ve sufficient time to go.”
Curious about what her internship function in Prague entailed? Hannah explains her internship in additional element under:
“Throughout my internship, I’ve been working as an Worldwide Promotion Specialist with the Accomplice Relations crew at a sports-related enterprise. The Accomplice Relations crew is a subset of the advertising division that manages model partnerships. By means of this internship and the corporate’s strategic model partnerships, I’ve gained publicity to a complete new facet of advertising. Moreover, I’ve witnessed the method of securing cross-cultural partnerships.”
Immerse your self in Czech tradition whilst you journey Europe and advance your diploma—research overseas within the Czech Republic with AIFS Overseas!
AIFS Overseas affords a variety of research overseas applications within the Czech Republic, every tailor-made to fulfill particular tutorial and private preferences. As Hannah put it, learning overseas in Prague affords the possibility to do one thing totally different, and discover a metropolis crammed with superb museums and scrumptious delicacies. Wherever you select to check overseas, go together with AIFS Overseas and benefit from our worthwhile program inclusions (which actually take the stress out of planning!), comparable to housing, journeys and excursions, social and cultural actions, complete insurance coverage, 24/7 emergency help, and the help of our trusted on-site workers.
