I really like it at SMU. I think the best thing is that it’s in the middle of the city, so I can have both the campus and city life experience. The work schedule is really comfortable, because I only have courses on Mondays and Wednesdays so I have time for traveling as well. I visited Malaysia, Thailand, Java, Bali, Hong Kong and the Philippines so far and I still have plans.

Singapore is the heart of Southeast Asia, it’s an amazingly developed place to live in. But when you need an adventure you can just hop on a plane and be in a totally different place with a totally different culture. That is so amazing here, every country hides new surprises, new experiences, new foods to try, new cultures to discover and so on… I also managed to make a lot of local friends, which is great, because I wanted to explore the Singaporean culture. 

At home (Hungary), we have class everyday so that’s quite different. The classes at home are shorter: 90 minutes only, which I find more convenient. It’s often hard to maintain concentration for 3 hours not to mention if someone has two or three classes in a row. On the other hand I would say at SMU we learn to apply everything in practice which is extremely useful. Also I enjoy being mixed with local students in group projects because I learned a lot from them and the Singaporean working culture.

Natalie, from Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary), currently on exchange at Singapore Management University

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