weitere Erfahrungsberichte für Suedkorea
Land:
Suedkorea
Universität:
Inha University
Semester und Studiengang:
6. Semester Bachelor International Management
Aufenthalt:
Sommersemester 2013
Über die Universität:
For me choosing Inha University was absolutely the right choice as Inha offers an amazing campus life and provides one of the best Logistic courses in Korea. I personally took most of my courses from the Asia Pacific School of Logistics which is one department of Inha and which offers in my opinion better courses compared to the normal business courses taught in the business administration department, because the professors in the logistics department are mainly international and the fellow Korean students have a quite good level of English so that a high quality and good learning attitude in the course is provided. Besides, normally you attend 6 courses and in each two main exams are written - one midterm in the 3rd week of April and the finals the 3rd week of June.
The exams were quite different for me as my professors usually asked multiple-choice questions which were pretty specific so that a lot of learning-by-heart was required instead of understanding and applying. Also the atmosphere in the course is pretty quiet, rarely one asks questions or discussions arise. Still, I think Inha offers a good learning atmosphere and the campus offers a lot of extra-curriculum activities, as tennis, dance classes, soccer, music clubs and free extra Korean language courses.
Betreuung vor Ort:
At Inha University, you get both support from the International Office (IO) as well as from the International Student Lounge (ISL), whenever you need it. Especially at the beginning, the IO helps with integration issues, course registration or changes and additionally provides every exchange student a buddy, who is usually another student of your major. The ISL is located in the student building and exchange students meet up there and spend some time together with Koreans, which was quite helpful at the beginning in order to integrate. Whenever you need help, there are lots of people who are more than pleased to help you.
Seldom I have experienced such a great friendliness and helpfulness as in Korea. Concerning accommodation, I stayed in an off-campus appartment where eight exchange students shared one kitchen, but everybody had his own room and bathroom. Compared to the dormitory where most of the exchange students stay, this is a quite expensive alternative, but I personally would choose it again.
Tipps:
As in other countries as well, I recommend you to be open-minded and to try to experience the different facets of the Korean culture, which might often seem for our mindset completely different of what we are used, but which in turn makes Korea so interesting. Events like Buddhas birthday, Lotus latern festival, spring festivals or a Templestay have been very fascinating for me and important to understand the Korean culture better. Therefore I also recommend you to spend as much time with Koreans as possible, even though there are many exchange students and it might often seem more comfortable to simply stay in this "group"!