UCD Law offers you the option of going abroad for your third year. I would recommend this to absolutely everyone. Though the prospect of going away for so long seems terrifying, you learn so much about yourself and the world, as well as gaining invaluable memories. The chance to study in another country is so much better than just travelling.
For my exchange I wanted to go somewhere English speaking. My options were America, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. I chose the last option for the slightly ill-informed reason that the weather was good, the people seemed nice and if I was going to go away for a year why not make it the other side of the globe.
Well the people were nice, but at first the weather was dire. July, when I arrived, is winter in Aus, and surprisingly it does actually get cold. However the college was fantastic and allowed me to try out a completely different kind of teaching to UCD. New subjects, lecturers with strange accents and a whole new set of ideas is one aspect of the exchange experience that is invaluable.
University of New South Wales, my college in Sydney
Besides that, I met people from across the world. I travelled New Zealand with friends from Canada, Germany, South Korea and the USA. I learnt Spanish from my Chilean friends, the rules of cricket from the Indian and English and for our turn my UCD compadres and I cooked an Irish breakfast on St. Patrick’s Day for all of them.
As the holder of a student visa I also got to work and travel all over Australia, and have included some photos below. The weather did heat up in the end (a summer high of 42 degrees) and I even tried my hand at surfing!
UCD Law offers the chance to go on Erasmus to countries all over Europe including France, Germany, the Czech Republic and Sweden, as well as internationally to Canada, Australia, Singapore, America and New Zealand.
In order these are; Circular Quay in Sydney, the Sydney Opera House during the Youtube Symphony Orchestra, sunset in Airlie Beach in Queensland, the Twelve Apostles on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria and beaches and The Pinnacles Desert in Western Australia.
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