Many of you have wondered and asked me thousand of times why I chose such an unusual place like Ljubljana for Erasmus, and the answer is as simple as it is.
My home university, Carlos III de Madrid, offers a wide range of exchange destination within Europe, and many of them are in hot places like Holland, France, UK, and so on. So.. why Slovenia? Slovenia is located in the Southern part of Central Europe (or Western Balkans some might say), with a capital of about 200.000 people. That is why I chose Ljubljana, a small but cozy city. I wanted to experience how does it feel to live in a small place, where you can mostly walk from place to place or even to take bike.
Another reason is merely personal, I didn't want to go to a place where already tons of students or tourist have been there already, because from Madrid we have plenty of flights to big European capitals, and for very low prices, so I can go anytime for a weekend, but Ljubljana, even if it;s not far, like 2 hours by plane from Madrid, not many people have been here, mainly beacuse is not that well conected by plane.
Now you know the reasons of my Erasmus elections, if the university would have offerd me going to Georgia, Belarus or places like that, take for granted that I would have chosen those destination instead, but well, maybe for future exchange agreements.
In the following lines, for the the future Erasmus students who might consider Ljubljana as their destination, I will explain shortly what are the bureaucracy to deal with when you get here.
Step 1-Check in for the dormitory, in Rozna Dolina, and then choose the dorm that fits u best. (I am staying in Rozna Dolina, close to the city centre, 15 minutes walk)
Step 2- Get your Student Card at the International Office (Kongresni Trg. 12)
Step 3- Have your Certificate of Attendance signed in the same office, one per term, and sent it back to ur home college
Step 4- Go to the SOU, the Students Organization in Kersnikova 4 to do the student discount coupons, they will tell what do u have to do, like buying a Slovenian phone number, register via internet, etc...)
Step 5- Activate your phone for the coupons, et vouila! cheap meals for all the stay, at least 21 or 22 per month
Step 6- Get your resident permit, 2 passport sized photos are required, it's quite expensive to do it here in Ljubljana so bring a bunch of them from ur home.
Step 7- Start enjoying your Erasmus!
Hope the info above is helpful, if any of you have any other questions feel free to aks me !
My home university, Carlos III de Madrid, offers a wide range of exchange destination within Europe, and many of them are in hot places like Holland, France, UK, and so on. So.. why Slovenia? Slovenia is located in the Southern part of Central Europe (or Western Balkans some might say), with a capital of about 200.000 people. That is why I chose Ljubljana, a small but cozy city. I wanted to experience how does it feel to live in a small place, where you can mostly walk from place to place or even to take bike.
Another reason is merely personal, I didn't want to go to a place where already tons of students or tourist have been there already, because from Madrid we have plenty of flights to big European capitals, and for very low prices, so I can go anytime for a weekend, but Ljubljana, even if it;s not far, like 2 hours by plane from Madrid, not many people have been here, mainly beacuse is not that well conected by plane.
Now you know the reasons of my Erasmus elections, if the university would have offerd me going to Georgia, Belarus or places like that, take for granted that I would have chosen those destination instead, but well, maybe for future exchange agreements.
In the following lines, for the the future Erasmus students who might consider Ljubljana as their destination, I will explain shortly what are the bureaucracy to deal with when you get here.
Step 1-Check in for the dormitory, in Rozna Dolina, and then choose the dorm that fits u best. (I am staying in Rozna Dolina, close to the city centre, 15 minutes walk)
Step 2- Get your Student Card at the International Office (Kongresni Trg. 12)
Step 3- Have your Certificate of Attendance signed in the same office, one per term, and sent it back to ur home college
Step 4- Go to the SOU, the Students Organization in Kersnikova 4 to do the student discount coupons, they will tell what do u have to do, like buying a Slovenian phone number, register via internet, etc...)
Step 5- Activate your phone for the coupons, et vouila! cheap meals for all the stay, at least 21 or 22 per month
Step 6- Get your resident permit, 2 passport sized photos are required, it's quite expensive to do it here in Ljubljana so bring a bunch of them from ur home.
Step 7- Start enjoying your Erasmus!
Hope the info above is helpful, if any of you have any other questions feel free to aks me !
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