International Office

@vikivonbulys spent her time abroad at Universität Bern 🎓, and shared with us the 3 best and 3 worst parts of her experience in Switzerland🇨🇭✨ 3 Best:
✨ People - I met lots of interesting people from all over the world. There are many international students, and thanks to the wide range of courses and lectures in English, it’s easy to connect. 
✨ Study system - The fact that so many classes are available in English makes studying accessible and enjoyable. Almost everyone speaks English fluently, which makes communication effortless. 
✨ Nature - Switzerland has the most breathtaking nature I’ve ever experienced. Living in Bern means you enjoy a cozy small-city atmosphere, while in just an hour by train you can be in the mountains or by a lake. Switzerland truly has everything. 3 Worst:
✖️ Prices - Life in Switzerland is extremely expensive. Without a part-time job or significant savings, it’s very hard to manage. Since I wasn’t part of Erasmus but came as a Freemover and had a small financial support from VŠE, I had to look for a job in Bern, which wasn’t easy. Luckily, I eventually found work in an Irish Pub in the Old Town.
✖️ Accommodation - The university doesn’t offer its own housing, so students need to look on the private market. Options are usually either very expensive student lofts or shared flats. Flatsharing is especially common for just a semester, when local students go abroad.
✖️ Cuisine - Traditional Swiss cuisine is quite limited, with Raclette and Cheese Fondue being the main highlights. There are international restaurants, but eating out is very pricey, like almost everything here. #studyabroad #freemover #switzerland #exchange #universitatbern

Norway calling! Make sure your phone is travel-ready. These must-have apps will make city life, travel, and outdoor adventures a breeze. 🌍✨ From Yr for accurate weather forecasts, Entur for getting around the country with buses, trains, and ferries, to Vy for booking scenic train journeys and long-distance buses. Your Norwegian adventure just got smarter. 🤩 #smarterasmus #apps #norway #exchange

BIG adventures start with ONE application — and turn into moments like these. 🫶 Catching up with our students abroad, collecting memories from all over the world. 💙✈️ Shhh... 🤫 exchange applications opening soon… 👀 #VSEStudyAbroad #ExchangeYourLife #Erasmus #ApplySoon

📢 Take your studies further… literally! 🌍✈️ Applications for the exchange program are almost here! Spend Fall 2026 or Spring 2027 studying at one of VŠE’s partner universities abroad and turn your semester into an international experience you’ll never forget. 🎓🌎 🗓 Applications open: 16–25 February 2026 📍 Apply directly in InSIS 📌 The full application schedule and details can be found via the link in our bio. The world is waiting — are you ready to take the next step? 💙 #ExchangeYourLife #VSEStudyAbroad #TakeYourStudiesFurther #Erasmus

🌍✈️ Explore the world with VSE! Let's look back at 2025: Internationalization has long been one of @vsecz greatest strengths — and 2025 was another year that proved it. 💙 A total of 1,215 VSE students took their studies beyond borders, gaining international experience in 56 countries across 5 continents. 1,095 students studied at nearly 250 partner universities worldwide. 🎓 Top destinations included 👉 France, Germany, the USA, Italy, and Sweden, with many students also heading beyond Europe to places like Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Brazil, and Singapore. Looking back at internships abroad, 120 students gained hands-on international work experience — most often in Austria, Spain, Germany, and Belgium, but also in destinations as far as Indonesia, Zambia, and Morocco. 🤯 Interest in Short-term mobility (BIP) keeps growing! ⚡ In 2025, 40 students joined 7 intensive programmes in countries such as France, Spain, Portugal, Slovenia, Croatia, and Slovakia. 🌟 More than just students VSE staff and academics also went global — completing 737 business trips to 58 countries, enriching teaching, research, and international cooperation both in Europe and overseas. Lastly, you don’t always have to travel far to go international. 😉 In 2025, VSE offered 360 courses taught in foreign languages, welcoming 700+ incoming exchange students and dozens of visiting professors from around the world. Ready to (ex)change your life this year? 🌍✨ #VSEstudyabroad #GlobalVSE #StudyAbroad #ExchangeYourLife @ffu_vse @fmv_vse @fir.vse @fphvse @fis_vse @fis.studies @nf_vse @fm_vse

Happy Three Kings Day, everyone! 👑👑👑 The International Office is reigned by two queens today, why? We adopted one beloved international tradition for this day - La Galette des Rois. 😉 The one who finds the small token in the King Pie, is crowned the king or queen of the day! 2 Galettes des Rois 🎂 = 2 Queens 🥳 Do you also celebrate some foreign traditions? Let us know! 👇 #ozsvse #threekingsday #queens #kingpie #galettedesrois