BADEA Ana-Maria
Host University: University of Reading, UK
My name is Ana-Maria Badea and I study at the Faculty of Finance and Banking, year 2. Many students
just like me gave a thought at least once to the unique chance of leaving with ERASMUS, away from
friends and parents, to study at one of the most prestigious universities in Europe. My experience started
in September 2016 when, with only two luggages and the plane tickets, I headed off to Reading, at ICMA
Center (International Capital Markets Association), University of Reading. The town is very quiet and
clean, and the people very friendly and kind so that, in the last 5 months I have been living here, I felt like
home. Here I had the opportunity to experience the campus life and to relationship with students across
the world and also with other Romanians studying here. In the ICMA Center we have, apart from lecture
and seminar theatres, Trading Simulations rooms, which help us put into practice all we learn in modules
like Financial Trading or Derivative Securities. All the lecture notes, assignments, exam marks and
feedbacks from lecturers are found on the BlackBoard platform, which makes the professor-student
relationship much easier. If you are eager to learn fro the best all the secrets in Finance and Investment
Banking, but also looking forward to thrill to the English experience, I heartily encourage you to apply!
POPESCU Ioana Ștefania
Host University: Université Lille 1 - Sciences et Technologies, France
Everyone around me was saying that ERASMUS is an incredible experience, not to be missed during
your university years. After I carefully analysed the Erasmus + mobility offer, I chose to go in Lille,
France. I wanted to study in French, I wanted a city where I wouldn't get bored and where I'd have
opportunities to travel. Lille has ticked all the criteria. By speaking with my friends who already had done
one ERASMUS, I formed an idea of what five months spent studying in another country should mean.
But it all far from what I had imagined, and so I realized that every Erasmus is a unique experience that
you can't anticipate. There were five full months, without a single boring day. There I met amazing
people from all over Europe, all the way to Peru and Brazil; I visited four countries and I had lots of fun. I
am the most proud of how much I developed my language skills, managing to take all my university
subjects in French. I studied at IAE Lille, a renowned management school in France. Thus, I found out
that university education can be done differently. Certainly, I developed a lot on the professional and
personal side. As not everything can be good, the French administrative paperwork gave me headaches
and it took a lot of my time, but, through this, I was also able to become more independent, solving most
problems on my own. ERASMUS is an experience that develops you in a unique way, and if you like to
spend your time in a mixed cultural environment and challenge yourself every day; it's the right
opportunity to take!
GROSU Emilian
Host University: University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Hi! My name is Emilian and I am currently studying in the Netherlands at the University of Groningen in
the small and cozy city of Groningen through the ERASMUS programme. I wish to share with you what
ERASMUS experience means to me until now and I hope that in the end, it will convince that his is an
unmissable opportunity. ERASMUS gives you the chance to study abroad and experience a different
educational system and the reason I chose the Netherlands was mainly due to its prestigious education.
Moreover, meeting students from all over the world is staggering. Have you ever thought of working in a
team composed of Italian, German, Malaysian or South Korean students? ERASMUS represents the
chance of overcoming your fears and finding what are your skills. It may be an experience that will
change your way of thinking and behavior and that will give birth to new curiosities. ERASMUS is about
students, motivated and open-minded young people that are keen to meet you, to discover you and to
share with you things that you would never know about their cultures. ERASMUS is a unique experience
and I truly support you to go for it, because you will never regret it.
ŞORODOC Mihaela – Mădălina
Host University: Universidad de Barcelona/Spain
I was an ERASMUS student within the University of Barcelona. Through
the five months spent at the host university I had the opportunity to study
within an international environment, among other European and American
colleagues who opted for ERASMUS mobility. This experience helped me
discover that diversity is beautiful, acquiring in this way an ample openness
to another culture, other people and other places. I learned to learn a little
bit different than I was learning at home, to interact with professors in a less
formal setting, to be a more independent and sociable person. Looking back,
I believe that the ERASMUS mobility left a positive mark on my both
personal and professional development. I am currently working within an
international environment and I can say that the ERASMUS student
experience helped me to quickly integrate and adapt myself to its demands.