Category: Summer or Winter School
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Having the experience to participate in the Sun Yat Sen University summer program has opened my horizons to potentially doing business overseas or taking up a graduate role in a different country. Having not been outside Australia in almost 8 years, it was a brilliant cross-cultural experience to be able to reflect on the differences…
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In Winter 2015 I participated in short program in China. The whole trip was a big challenge for me but more than that it was so much fun. I started my journey about two weeks prior to the commencement of the program and finished my journey about two weeks after the closure of the program.…
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My short term program has taken me to Guangzhou, China. It is one of the fastest growing cities in China at the moment. My 3 week experience has been absolutely amazing to say the least. Learning Mandarin was the highlight of the program and gaining knowledge with regards to the business in china was just…
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During the winter study break I took a three-week program to study at the Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China. Here, I took Mandarin classes as well as Chinese Politics and Culture classes at one of the region’s most respected universities. Going into the program, I had some expectations about what a Chinese university would…
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I have always been an active student in Sydney, I am currently a City of Sydney International Student Ambassador. When I heard about the UTS: BUiLD summer program in China it was a no brainer for me to take the chance. Fortunate enough I was granted the Chau Chak Wing scholarship that funded my study…
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This year i was involved in the Sun Yat-Sen University Summer Program which was a 3 week short course in Guangzhou, China. My reasons for wanting to get involved was to help motivate me to improve my current level of Chinese as i am of Chinese Cambodianbackground but do not speak mandarin. During the program…
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Before completing this summer program at Sun Yat-sen University in China I felt that I would spend a lot of time studying business and language and not enough time experience China. Looking at the class timetable I felt that I did not have the time to put what I had learnt into practice. These fears…
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From July 5-25, I participated in the 2015 International Summer Program (ISP) at Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), Guangzhou, along with 14 other BUILD Abroad students. SYSU is known as one of the most prestigious and top-ranking universities in Southern China. The ISP included Chinese language classes 3 mornings a week, politics and culture or business…
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The summer exchange program to the Universiti of Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) was one of the best experiences of my life. The culture, food, people, education, new friends, the beautiful country, clothing, shopping, travel, everything was just amazing! Fifteen engineering students from UTS set out from Sydney to UTM in Johor Bahru, which is located in…
