My internship abroad Luc Smulders
Europe! Relatively close Easy to come back Friends and family can visit Easier with visa etcetera Europe is beautiful! Scandinavia or Germany/Austria?
Germany or Austria! Learn German Close to the Alps Culture
Next steps… 1. Have a look at universities and companies. Research themes? Location? Catalysis, Materials Science. Innsbruck, Munich, Berlin, Vienna. 2. Ask professors or other staff members for connections Do they have other ideas too? Connections in Munich. Switzerland? ETH Zurich? 3. What do you want to learn? Do you want to specialize? Do you want to learn something new? Something new!
Switzerland! 1. Several options in Munich, Zurich and Berlin 2. Read about research 3. Picked one group 4. Sent an e-mail with (assistant-) professor 5. YES!
Arranging and Organizing 1. Research application form Work placement agreement (GSNS) 2. “We are not able to support you financially.” – first thing Swiss professor said in his e-mail. 3. Secretary sent links about housing, finances etcetera Ooh, it’s really expensive… 4. Swiss Mobility Programme! 5. Housing
Housing “We don’t arrange housing for foreign students!” 1 month later… “You can sign up for housing for foreign students here .” Another month later… “Let us know before 15 th of December 2017 whether you accept this place.”
Housing > 50 min by public transport! Had to rent from Feb-Aug 2 weeks to look for other places was not enough So I accepted the place…
Summarized … May January August/September 2017 2018 2017 Conversation with Train tickets Forms signed supervisor booked March June February December 2017 2017 2018 2017 Start looking Sent e-mail (8th) Start of project Housing around YES! (9th) arranged
February 1 st 2018, Los geht’s
Housing
Housing
Housing ~40 international students Shared kitchen, living room, study rooms, showers, laundry room, garden Own room: 23 m 2 , furnished, toilet and lavabo, balcony
Research Nice building! Amazing facilities!
Research, Organometallic Fuel Cells
Research, Group and Culture Prof. Hansjörg Grützmacher Daily supervisor: Esther Nice group members! Hierarchical Swiss German Warm lunch Knocking Apéro Group outings
City of Zurich Pros: Beautiful lake, badi’s , museums, parks, festivities, great public transport, very international, nice restaurants… Cons: Expensive…
Finances NL vs CH NL ( € ) CH ( € ) Rent (Monthly) 320 570 Lunch (Daily) 2 8 Public transport 0 80 (Monthly, within the zones) Fruits: Bananas (kg) 1 2.70 Apples (kg) 1.70 4.50 1 beer (in a club) 3 5 But I also received … Swiss Mobility Programme: € 1840 (in total) Dutch Public Transport Compensation: € 90 (monthly)
Warning!! Next slides contain many, many selfies!
Festivities, Parties, Drinks ESN: international drinks, parties, pub crawl House parties Caliente Sechseläuten Friday beers …
Visits
City trips Lugano Milano Lausanne Como Zermatt Strasbourg St. Gallen And more… Flixbus Train (halbtax) Luzern
Hikes
Winter, Spring and Summer! March 2nd March 4th
New friends!
Want to know more? Just ask us! Patrick van Vliet (patrick.van.vliet@hotmail.com) Luc Smulders (lcjsmulders@gmail.com)
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