Erasmus + Success Stories
Roberta's impressions from Medical University Sofia
“ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME HAS GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE OVERSEAS INDEPENDENTLY FOR THE FIRST TIME”
Erasmus+ Period: 15/09/2017 - 30/01/2019
Erasmus+ has given me the opportunity to live overseas independently for the first time!
The experience of the Erasmus+ is not only a college moment or a moment in which the student begins to assume responsibilities, but also an opportunity to learn to live with different cultures and the most beautiful thing is that it creates a sense of community among students from different countries. I managed to break down conventional barriers that I carried inside myself, because Erasmus+ helps you in this, throw down those stereotypes with which society teaches us to live, opens your mind, teaches you that there is no irreconcilable difference between people of different nationality unless the foreign language obviously; but this latter aspect is good thing, in fact as much as one tries to study, foreign languages are learned on the territory, with daily practice and day after day it becomes easier to express and acquire fluency that books will never give.
Personally this experience has enriched me from two basic points of view:
Academic: I knew a university system very different from the Italian one and I was immediately set up. In the Medical University of Sofia, they give a lot of importance to practice, in fact each exam consists of both practical and theoretical evidence, and I find it very interesting and very formative because it has allowed me to know what kind of doctor I want to be in the future.
Personal: I can say that I grew up working on myself and in my relationship with others. About myself I became independent and I understood the value of the little everyday things. I met so many people with whom I compared my way of life, some are passing, others become friends that I’m going to not miss.
In conclusion I’m really happy to have done this experience and I recommend to everyone to do it because after you will face the life with a different spirit and when you recall Erasmus+ you will smile heartily.