Presentation of my Erasmus Semester in Lithuania

1. 5 months in Lithuania – Erasmus
Semester – Autumn 2011
LZ01 Viva Voce – P2011
Benjamin Guillet - GI01
June 6, 2011
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Fundamental Sciences Faculty
UTBM International Coordinator : Françoise Crimpet
VGTU International Coordinator : Sandra Zaleckyté
www.utbm.fr

2. Contents
• Why I left
Titre de la présentation
• Studies in VGTU
Titre suite
• Everyday Life in Vilnius
• Entertainment!
• Conclusion
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3. Why I left
• Discover a new country and Eastern Europe.
• Meet new people from everywhere!
• Open my mind!
• Discover new teaching methods.
• Have some incredibles memories for the rest of
my life.
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4. Studies in VGTU
The University
• The 3rd University
• ~16.000 students
• 8 Faculties
• Main campus outside the City
•Very good Erasmus Mentorship program
• An open-minded school
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5. Studies in VGTU
Courses and work
• Lectures/Practicals/Laboratories
• Different faculties
• Laboratories, Mid-terms & Final exams
• Some example of courses :
• Script Programming
• Operating Systems Concepts
• Signals & circuits 2
• Mathematics 3
• Thermodynamics
•…
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6. Everyday Life in Vilnius
Accommodation
• VGTU will put forward 2 accommodations
• Gile closer to the city center and Electronics and Mechanical
Faculties
• Sauletekis closer to Lithuanian students
• Find a flat on you own (cheaper)
Sauletekis
Gile
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7. Everyday Life in Vilnius
Rooms in Gile
Single/Double room
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8. Everyday Life in Vilnius
The City itself
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9. Everyday Life in Vilnius
Food
• Maxima open 24/7
• Lot of restaurants : Lithuanian, Chinese, Brazilian,
even French (with some very good quiches !)
• One Lithuanian meal you have to try:
Maxima
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10. Everyday Life in Vilnius
Transportation
• Trolleybus & bus
• From 5am til’ 11pm
• Tickets or ISIC Card
• Really cheap !
• Taxis
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11. Everyday Life in Vilnius
People & Weather
• Young people speaks very well
English
After 30 years old hard to find
English speaker
• Foreigners are welcome!
• Weather can be very cold (-25°C),
Don’t forget your warm clothes !
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12. Everyday Life in Vilnius
Activities
• Basketball games
• Cinema (VO), waterpark, ice rink
• Air-ballon, Weapons try…
• Skydiving is really
cheap!
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13. Entertainment!
Parties & Erasmus
Life
• A lot of clubs in Vilnius
• Erasmus, Mentors & Expatriates
• People & meals from
everywhere!
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14. Entertainment!
Some fancy
destinations..
• Enjoy your freedom & travel!
• Lithuanian Seaside : Klaipedia & Nida
• ESN Trips : Riga, Tallin, St Petersburg
• Kaunas & Ryan air : really cheap
• Berlin, Edimburgh, Dublin, Minsk,
Warsaw…
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15. Conclusion
• An incredible experience !
• Amazing times & atmosphere
• A very nice country & warm welcome
• Not like the weather
• New culture & landscapes
• Improve your English
• Become more independent
• Just go!
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16. Thank you for your attention
Benjamin Guillet – GI01
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