Why Study Medicine in Pilsen, Czechia? ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** Hi, I’m Taya, I’m from Ukraine and I study study medicine in Czechia Pilsen. Hello, my name is Marios Kaloutsis. I am from Greece and I’m a freshman of General Medicin Hello, I’m Filipa Falcao. I’m 23 years old. I’m in sixth year and I stud? General Medicine Hello, I’m Angelo Maccone. I was born in Colombia, but I lived all my life in Italy, Milan here in the school of Charles University in Pilsen in General Medicine [ URL "http://www.l index.php"]  program. Hi, I am Martha Sardeli Krimpeni. I am from Greece. I’m currently in the sixth year of Gen ****************************************************************************************** * What do you think of the city of Pilsen, the faculty and the study? ****************************************************************************************** Filipa Falcao: So Pilsen is a small city with a great transportation system, so it’s very around. I like that very much and it’s also an affordable place to live. Marios Kaloutsis: I like it. I like the city because it feels like a university city. It’s also big enough for a student. You get the feeling that everyone around you is young and t and you can also make friends. And it’s really easy to get concentrated when you see many same thing that you do. Martha Sardeli Krimpeni: I really like it here. There’s a lot of parks. There’s a lot of p can eat like restaurants, coffee places and so on and so forth. I like many activities. Th there is laser tag, there is cinema. You can do anything you want. So it’s a very friendly friendly city. And at the same time, it’s small and it has a lot of parks. It has a lot of do skiing. There are mountains around it. You can go and visit small villages around it. I nature. So it’s a perfect spot for me. Prague would be too big and I think too hectic. Angelo Maccone: I have chosen Pilsen mostly because Pilsen is a small city. I came from a of Italy, Milano. And I wanted to escape mostly from that suffocating big city. And I want more freedom. And Pilsen got everything that you need because even if it’s small, you can in Pilsen just by walking. You can have all the same things, that you got in a big city, i city. You’ve got a lot of bars, many pubs, student life. The life here in Pilsen is even c life in a big city, even because the costs are one of the most important things for the fa have to choose a university and I chose Pilsen even because it’s in the middle of Europe. can just go everywhere whenever you want. When you’ve got free time, just take your free t look around and have trips and just clean your mind and do whatever you can, be happy.

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Marios Kaloutsis: On the topic of the city being really small, we can also see that on the the university, we can see all the other buildings, new and old. And on the other side, we university hospital, which is really close to the university. Martha Sardeli Krimpeni: When you come here, you have different opportunities to choose wh Right. This is important. So you can either stay in the dorm and it’s pretty affordable. T dorms that English speaking or foreign students use. One is Bolevecká, the other one Karlo also have the possibility to choose a flat in the city centre, which is very nice because close by and you can either pay by yourself and have your own flat or share it with more p Taya: The city itself is not really big, but at the same time it has everything that is ne to get to the different parts of the city and it has really full student life. People are all around the world. The faculty is considered one of the most international student frie all the events that are organised by the faculty and just our students who are getting tog at some places it’s easy to meet people, to get to know people from different nationalitie really interesting experience. And the faculty by itself, after some time that I’m studyin certainly say that here I’m getting more practice and more general experience that I could country. Angelo Maccone: At the first, from this university I expected a lot. And then when I came found that this university is worth it, because even from the first year of the General Me lectures and practices. Filipa Falcao: I like that the university focuses more on the theoretical side of things a practicals come to consolidate our knowledge. And I also like the organisation of the prog studies, and I think they are very well conducted. ****************************************************************************************** * ISMAP: International Student Medical Assosiation of Pilsen ****************************************************************************************** Martha Sardeli Krimpeni: I happen to be the president of ISMAP. ISMAP is the foreign stude here in Pilsen, and it is a very old association actually. It has been going on for ages a idea behind it is that we are trying to incorporate and integrate students into studying h And what we do is that we have specific teams. So there is a sports team, there is an arch s a social and cultural team and so on and so forth. And we are trying to organize some ni students. So, for example, we have basketball, volleyball, we have a yoga class or teacher one of the students teaching the rest of the students. We are organizing things like paint debates. Angelo Maccone: They are doing a lot of things for us, for our students. And I appreciate year, that I had the opportunity to participate at some of these activities, for example, playing basketball or even volleyball. And we just meet. We just and participate and we ju together. Filipa Falcao: Our students organization ISMAP helps us all come together. They organize p semester. They organize also some food festivals and some yoga classes. And it’s very nice activities outside of the university.

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****************************************************************************************** * Do you have any message for to those who consider study medicine in Czechia, Pilsen? ****************************************************************************************** Angelo Maccone: When you just go to a university that is not in your home country, when it own city, you have to do a big jump because it’s the moment when you start to think like a have to take your life in your hands and then go ahead, because otherwise, if this will pu will have a hard time. Filipa Falcao: It has always been my dream to become a medical doctor. And as soon as my p about the opportunity to study abroad here in Pilsen, I knew I had to take it. The transit quite easy for me since I knew some people that have studied here already. Martha Sardeli Krimpeni: So to begin with, I knew already that I will come and study medic because I was doing back in Greece, I was doing the International Baccalaureate IB and par chose the Charles University is for different reasons to begin with the rankings. But also who has already been here, especially in the faculty in Pilsen, and I received very positi him. So I decided to come here. Marios Kaloutsis: I like the city. The university is really organized, so I’m happy with i my one year of experience, I feel it’s very good. Filipa Falcao: I would totally recommend studying here in Pilsen. The quality of teaching international recognition are very important for me, which is one of the other reasons why here in Pilsen and also because I made so many friends from so many different cultures and world. And I’m so grateful for that.