Life as an exchange student at HHL, Leipzig Undergraduate School of Management

28 Sep 2009 | Posted By: Maria Markenroth

By: Anna Lindbom

I have now spent about 5 weeks here in Leipzig and I just love it. The city offers most of what I require and the people are just great. However, school has already started out tough and will include a lot of group work and late nights at the library but I came here to study as well as have fun so I am going to make the best out of it all. HHL seems to be a great opportunity for future work and since I have already made friends with most of my classmates I can only hope that this will be one of the best semesters of my studies.

This is my third semester abroad now, so I am getting comfortable with moving to and seeing new places as well as meeting new people. The experiences and relationships I make will last for a long time, however it is hard to leave people behind.

So far Leipzig has offered lots of historical buildings, pubs and clubs, and good shopping. The city is easy to access from most European cities, e.g. Berlin is only an hour away and Prague about 3-4 hours. Moreover, Leipzig is both big enough to offer what I require but also small enough to get around by bicycle. Luckily my friend let me borrow a bicycle and the others, with whom I live, bought theirs in a market.

I am renting a room in a shared flat of 4 people, where we share the kitchen and bathroom together. The house is pretty old but is located close to both school and city centre. At the moment we are about 12 exchange students, 1 MBA student and 1 MsC (master) student in the house. Further, there are some Germans and some people moving in and out. The atmosphere is really nice since we can cook and party all together.

As for the German language I regularly have German intermediate classes and try to use my German while I am out shopping. Even though there are mostly Germans in my courses I do not speak much German with them, as all lectures are in English but I am hoping to be able to use what I have learned soon. I guess it takes some time to get in to it all.

Bis später,

Anna

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