Erasmus + Success Stories

Marco PiergentiliFaculty of MedicineIncoming StudentUniversita degli Studi della Campania / Italy


Marco's impressions from Medical University Sofia

“WE EXCHANGED RESEARCH IDEAS WITH MANY OF THE LEADING SEREARCHS IN THE HIROSHINA UNIVERSITY”

Erasmus+ Period: 15/09/2016 – 15/02/2017 & 15/09/2017 – 30/01/2018

Erasmus+ is not just a period of time living abroad, out of your own country, but it is much more, it is an amazing world made of people from all Europe, true friends and strong relation-ships, experiences, travels, emotions, memories, lot of fun and so on. It Is just something that marks your heart forever.

In my life I have been travelling a lot doing different experiences around the world but my Erasmus+ in Sofia at the Medical University meant one of the most formative and intense moments of my life, professionally and personally. Professionally, you can face another system of teaching, in my case the Bulgarian one, doing more practice, challenging yourself and studying in another language. I found in the Medical University of Sofia, a high level of education, with very qualified Professors and a modern and functional University in where most of the departments are located in the same area.

In my experience, feeling at home was easy, I met a group of friends in the University that literally helped me from every point of view, in understanding the way of study, how the University works and as well in ‘not feeling stranger. ‘But as well, I found in the Erasmus+ office people always smiling and ready to help me. From the human point of view, what can I say… I discover a new culture, a new country! I had the possibility to travel inside and outside Bulgaria: Pernik, Plovdiv, Munich, Madrid, Toledo, London, Amsterdam, Belgrad, Belogradchick, Bansko. I had the chance to meet people from all Europe, interacting with them, making true friendships and discovering new habits and costumes; I made really important friends that are now part of my life and met a very special person who is now my girlfriend.