A year abroad at university in Switzerland

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When I started looking for my degree course, I knew that it needed to have a year abroad. I’ve always had a love for French, and I wanted to take advantage of this skill and try something different. I found my perfect degree, physics with European language, at England’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).

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The university’s student services staff have always been very helpful, and I receive a scholarship to help cover living expenses. It takes some time to receive your residency permit, which meant that I couldn’t open a bank account for a while, but aside from that 바카라사이트re haven’t been many difficulties.

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