This summer semester, I got the chance to be enrolled as an exchange student in FHWS (Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Fachhochschule) in Würzburg, Germany.

The building architecture is amazing, including professionally equipped facilities (such as 24h photo studio for photography junkies!), along with talented creative and visionary thinking professors that I found very easy going, make it a whole package of conducive environment for young designers.

FHWS also has a wide range of faculties with English taught programmes to suit exchange students interest. I would absolutely recommend Germany to everybody.

Especially here, in Bavaria (a state in southeastern Germany bordering Liechtenstein, Austria, and the Czech Republic) where daily life feels extraordinary for me, surrounded with good people and fine delicacies to try (yes beer lovers).

In addition, it’s very convenient to spend weekends to go traveling around Europe or just simply having language exchange and barbecue party with international friends.

The ugly truth, living abroad isn’t always as expected, beside blissful experiences, there are A to Z requirements and procedures, plus language barrier and cultural lag that might come along the way, which you need to adapt and adopt with , but in the end, it's all worth it.

Karin, from Shih Chien University (Taiwan), Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Fachhochschule (FHWS) (Germany)

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