This time I want to write about the REAL important things: the studies….although there are some students who were claiming that the exchange semester is mainly half a year vacation ;)

University life at UST differs very much from that at TUM. Here are the things I like most:

• the amazing campus with its huge number of recreation activity offers
• the outdoor swimming pool: big, at the sea, warm water, in the morning mostly not crowded
• lecture halls with cushioned seats, which give you a feeling as if you were in the cinema
• the variety of restaurants which very tasty food at a reasonable price — however I was told that the UST has the highest prices among the universities in Hong Kong

Things I don’t like are:

• the online registration system of the school of science: there is a limited number of places for every course, so if you’re not lucky (and fast) you can’t get all the courses you want to take
• the big queues in front of the elevators
• math classes held with beamer

Things which are similar to TUM:

• leaking glass roofs
• if the air-condition is switched on in summer, then it’s usually too cold
• promotion offers at the beginning of the semester — however the so called “MEGA-sell” here is much bigger and it offers besides offers from banks also other products like clothed, acessoires, pens, food …. at a reduced price

Things which are different:

• the earliest lessons begin at 9 am, timeslots are fixed so that there’re always at least 10 minutes between two lectures
• one lecture takes usually 80 minutes (double) or 50 minutes (single)
• in math-courses there are not only math-students, so that the number of proofs differs against zero not to mention the notation errors
• you have to be prepared to write quizzies, like in school, midterm-exams and endterm-exams
• marks are given not only on basis of your final exam, but also with regard to homework point, other examinations and the performance of your fellow student — so that if they all screw up, you will get better grades