On Monday, over 600 students from all over the world started their adventure with WUST. During the orientation days organised by WUST’s Department of International Affairs, they learned about the university, its scientific circles, and possibilities of spending their free time.

Nearly 300 students will start their courses in the winter semester under student exchange programmes (Erasmus+ and Student Exchange). The largest group consists of people from Spain, Turkey, France, Portugal, Italy, and China.

Also, around 300 students will start their full-cycle programmes. Most of them come from Ukraine, India, Belarus, Turkey, and Nigeria. Moreover, our students include people from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Albania, USA, Uzbekistan, and Zimbabwe.

- I’m happy that so many young people from all over the world have decided to study at Wrocław University of Science and Technology under both Erasmus and Student Exchange. I hope that you find the time you’ll spend learning and enjoying the city to be very fruitful. You’ll see that Wrocław is a very open city, and our university is one of Poland’s best ones - said Director of the university’s Department of International Affairs Andrzej Moczko, PhD, Eng.

During the orientation days, our new students saw a film about Wrocław University of Science and Technology, watch special presentations prepared by the university’s units and their colleagues from academic circles and student organisations, as well as familiarise themselves with the resources of WUST’s Library.

Just like last year, the presentation was divided into two parts - English and Polish (for foreign students studying in the Polish language).

Currently, over 1,100 foreigners are studying at our university, which runs 45 programmes in English.

We asked the new students why they decided to study at our university:

Micaela de la Torre (Ecuador) - I’ve come to Wrocław to learn Polish. My mother is Polish and, to all intents and purposes, everyone in my family speaks Polish, but not me. I plan to study chemistry later, maybe at Wrocław University of Science and Technology. I know Wrocław quite well because my parents studied here. This beautiful and modern city is much quieter than Quito, where I come from.

Murad Meboliyev (Azerbaijan) - I chose to study in Wrocław because my older brother is already studying here.  I already know this city a little bit, because this is the second time I’ve been here. I like it very much. I don't know what I want to study yet, but for now, I’m going to learn Polish.

Svetlana Dudinskaya, AlisaOsadchaya, Julia Shik (Russia) - We’ve come to Wrocław as Erasmus programme participants. We chose this city because we’d heard a lot of good things about it. We’d also read about it on the Internet and we liked it as a place to study. We've been here for three days and we haven’t yet had a chance to see much. The weather is definitely better than in St. Petersburg. We’re living at the T-15 hall of residence, where the conditions are very good, but the rooms are a bit small. We’re going to study at the Faculty of Computer Science and Management.

Luca Pisu, Giuseppe Murrow (Italy) - We’ve come to Wrocław from the University of Cagliari, and we’re going to study civil engineering at Wrocław University of Science and Technology. We chose this course because it gives us great opportunities to gain qualifications and certificates which will also be valid in Italy. We’d heard about Wrocław University of Science and Technology from our friends who’d been here under the Erasmus programme. We arrived in Wrocław only on Saturday and have not yet managed to see the city and the campus.

Chiemelie Njelibe C.R., Chima Nwokeocha (Nigeria), Francis Manjegura (Zimbabwe) - We chose Wrocław University of Science and Technology because we’d heard that it’s one of the best universities in Poland, and we’re going to study Computer Science and Computer Engineering in English. We’ve never been to Poland before, but even though we have only recently arrived, we have already seen some of the city. The differences are big, of course, but we liked it very much.