University, a wealth of possibilities
I am Benedek Kovács, a second-year student of business informatics at the University of Óbuda and also a member of group 3 of the Nagybajom house, and I would like to show you how you can get the most out of university life.
What happened was that after one of my classes, my teacher came to me with an opportunity to ask if I would like to travel to Poland for a week with the university at the end of October as part of the BIP (Blended Intensive Programme), and of course I took the opportunity. There are many good students in my grade, even better than me, but I was chosen by the teacher to be one of the people who can represent the university outside, because I am one of the few students who usually go to him after class, who used to talk to him, who used to inquire, he knew that I’ve not only studied well in his classes, but he also knows me as a person so much that he trusts me to continue to carry the reputation of the university abroad.
With this invitation, the administrative tasks began, we had to fill out a number of documents in order to receive the maximum financial support from the university and the Erasmus+ program, and we also started working in advance in our external tasks, since the essence of the program was to come up with a solution, with which we can make our own county more environmentally friendly by 2050, and we started this before leaving. In addition, we had to plan and book travel and accommodation, as this part of the organization was left to us, but the support received from the university was more than enough to cover these expenses.
On the 22nd of October, a total of 10 of us (8 students, 1 accompanying teacher plus one accompanying person) traveled to Poland in three cars, we crossed the Tatras and could see very beautiful landscapes on the way, and since we got there quite late, there was nothing special. program, but we looked around the city center to see what the neighborhood was like.
The next 4 days were partly spent getting to know each other, we got to know the students from other countries, the Poles, Czechs, Serbs and each other, and partly they were spent with lectures, where the supporting companies who work to improve the environment introduced themselves to us and taught us how it is possible to carry out projects in a customer-oriented manner so that they are successful. In addition to these, we got to know the city of Katowice better, where the entire BIP was held, during several tours.
In the last 2 days, we worked on our project, made drawings for it, prepared it properly in writing, and then presented it to the participants of the program.
Overall, the care was good, we often received lunch and dinner when we could have provided for ourselves with the financial support, the programs were interesting and the company was also very good. I can advise current and future students not to be passive students, talk to your teachers, get to know other university students, because if you only passively participate in university life, they will only see raw data about you, but if you are active, then you could be the next people to whom your teacher or a fellow student approaches with such an opportunity and if you get this far, accept that opportunity. For me, it was a special experience, I got to know Poland, learned a lot of useful things and made lifelong friendships, and all because I am interested in my classes and not only my grades show that I am interested in what I study.
I would like to thank the University of Óbuda and Erasmus+ for this opportunity, I thank the Katowice University of Economics for the hospitality, and I thank the Csányi Alapítvány that I can pass this experience on to others so that they can learn how to get the most out of the university. Benedek Kovács NB3