Meet Kosta Popov from Serbia — a student at the University of Primorska, Faculty of Management in Koper.

Not only did he dive into student life, he became a tutor student, took on the role of buddy coordinator, and mastered the Slovenian language!

Kosta picked the song Zažarim by Raiven

Katarina Kahankova from Czechia talks about her time in Maribor as a foreign-exchange student.

Meet Aizakhon Urinboeva, a software engineering student with Uzbek roots who swapped the hustle of Istanbul for the calm streets of Maribor.

What’s it really like to study abroad in Slovenia? She explained how city life on two wheels lead to personal growth and unexpected lessons — like the value of slowing down and enjoying your own company.

Aizakhon picked the song Die with a smile by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars

Liling Yan is a PhD anthropology student doing a research on female mountaineers. She was born and raised in China, is a student in Cape Town, South Africa, and is now doing her project fieldwork in Slovenia. As part of her fieldwork Liling goes hiking every weekend meeting other mountaineers and creating new friendships along the way. She loves the mountaineering culture in Slovenia, the mountain tea, jota, and štruklji ;)

Liling chose to play the song "Friends (朋友)" by Emil Wakin Chau (周华健).

Amelie Bruin comes from Strasbourg, France. As a young Erasmus student at the Ljubljana Faculty of Arts, she just loves the fact that Slovenia's capital is small and therefore very walkable. Compared to France, she said that the studies in Ljubljana are much better in terms of quality courses and the level of language, as well as, support from the professors. Apart from her studies (major in translation), she also has many other interests, including listening to music, especially 80s music, cooking, dancing, tatooing, art and painting. She definitely plans to come back one day, especially for skiing and hiking.

Amelie picked the song Rebel Yell by rock legend Billy Idol.

Martin Demovič, from Slovakia, talks about his experiences in Maribor as a foreign-exchange student.

Meet Carina Miller, a German student who took a leap of adventure and swapped the familiar streets of her hometown for Ljubljana studying applied statistics. She’s loving the organized study system in Slovenia and the chance to connect with so many young people from across the EU.

Get ready to hear her story, as she takes us behind the scenes of her semester in Slovenia.

Carina chose to play the song "99 Luftballons" by Nena.

Marius is from Germany and is spending his Erasmus experience at the University of Ljubljana studying journalism. One thing he discovered in Slovenia is that hiking can be a lot of fun, and Marius is really happy about his Amnesty International human rights course...

Marius chose to play the song "The Emptiness Machine" by Linkin Park.

Jan Tranžík from the Czech Republic has been studying Slovene language since 2019. He said that coming to Slovenia through an Erasmus exchange program was the only logical option to hear the language in practice. He spent a year in Slovenia, after prolonging the usual one-semester stay, since he enjoyed it so much here.

Jan chose to play the song Traktor by Czech punk-rock band Visací Zámek.

Monika is from the Czech Republic and spent a semester at the University of Maribor. She has many kind words for the hospitality of Slovenes and for the lunch coupon system used by Slovenian students. She points out some of the funny differences between Czech and Slovene and explains how it's possible to make a sculpture out of bread!