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Alex Lussignoli, an Italian-Swiss student at the University of Neuchâtel, describes his experience at this small university

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Robin Meijer, a student at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, on why his campus is the perfect size

I was asked to write a short blog post on how I feel about studying at a pretty modestly sized university. This got me thinking.

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Clara Carrera, an international student at École Polytechnique in Paris, explains the benefits of a small university for international students

I was not convinced about my choice to attend Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona, and I feared that I would feel as i

I’m Marie Rosszell, a year-4 foreign student in the Faculty of Business Administration (FBA), specialising in brand management. I am half Japanese, half Canadian and I grew up in Tokyo, Japan. I’ll start my full-time job in sales at Google Japan in October 2016 after my graduation in June.

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Stella Sakellaridou shares her story and experience as an international student:

I am from Athens, Greece, and am currently a PhD law candidate at the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. 

University is hard. You are essentially thrown into the deep end of life and expected to swim. From my personal experience, high school won’t prepare you for life at university, but maybe this blog will help. Today, I present to you four things you need to do in order to survive at university.

Katie blogs in response to 'British student criticises competitive UK medical courses after securing university place in Italy':

I'm not going to lie, getting into medical school is difficult. It consumes your life and, even then, it seems like a bit of a lottery with every step. Will you get an interview? Will you get a place? Will you get the grades?

I am extremely fortunate to be studying not only in the Netherlands, but at Leiden University. Why would I call this fortunate, you may ask? I previously studied at St Andrews in Scotland and I would also say that I was lucky to have done that as well. But things have changed in the UK as we all know. My bachelors programme was around £1,800 a year. At that price, the level of education was fantastic, and I am still very glad I got the opportunity to study there.

Even though I have a huge imagination, what I am going to write is really something unexpected. 

Four things are recurring in this story: nutella, parmesan, my granddad’s backpack and a moka. 

When I picked my A-Levels my subjects ranged from what might get me into an accounting career, a languages career, a politics, or law career. I have always liked the idea of a diverse career path, or so I believed. I kept my options open because I didn’t know what I wanted, not because I had enjoyed the variety in the first place.  When I applied for a law degree I based my decision on nothing other than the highest grades I had achieved. My achievement had shown me what I would be best at. Which is great, isn’t it?