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Kyungpook National University

Jižní Korea 2022/2023 Partnerské univerzity

Osobní data
Typ mobility:
studium

Fakulta na MU:
Filozofická fakulta

Obor studia:
Classical Archaeology / Classical archaeology

Úroveň studia v době pobytu v zahraničí:
Bakalářská

Používaný jazyk:
angličtina

Letní/zimní škola?:
ne

Doba studia:
podzim 2022

Doba pobytu (od-do):
2022-08-16 - 2023-02-28

Počet měsíců:
6.00

Aktivita před výjezdem do zahraničí
Kde je možné získat informace o kurzech vyučovaných na zahraniční škole?:
On partner university websites.

Které dokumenty jsou potřebné k přijetí na zahraniční vysokou školu?:
Application, motivation letter, transcript of records. I think that is all.

Jak dlouho dopředu je třeba přijetí vyřizovat?:
I was nominated in December 2021 and got agreement aroud January-February 2022. With partner university the communication started around May 2022. So as soon as possible, if someone did not reply to you, just ask kindly again, it is better to have everything done quickly and check mails regularly. I was basicaly glued to my mail box.

Bylo potřeba vízum?:
ano

Potřebné podklady a doklady pro udělení víza:
ID photo, passport, application form, reservation of accomodation, reservation of flight tickets (both ways), application fee (60 USD), Certificate of Admission from partner university, Certificate for Business Registration from partner university, a copy of the cooperation agreement between the two universities

Délka čekání na vízum:
+-3 weeks

Výše poplatku za udělení víza:
60 USD

Studium
Měl/a jste před odjezdem podepsanou studijní dohodu (Learning Agreement)?:
ne

Pokud ne, v čem byl problém?:
I think I did not as I was leaving earlier than needed as I wanted to enjoy Seoul plus it took me a while to find out with who I need to sign it.

Věděl/a jste před odjezdem, jak Vám kurzy budou na domovské fakultě uznány?:
I was not sure on 100% just hoped for the best.

Měnil/a jste během pobytu studijní smlouvu?:
No. Once we agreed on the LA I did not felt like changing it even when I realized I underestimated some subjects and would like more credits, I kept it like that.

Kdy a jak probíhá registrace do kurzů? Jsou nějaká omezení? Možnost změny?:
The registration was 1 month before the semester started. It was hard to catch the courses I wanted because of the time difference it was very early in the morning for me and the serves was too slow as in Korea most students use the pc in PC rooms to get the subjects they want. I end up with just 2 from 7 subjects I planned to take. Especially the main subjects I did not managed to catch so I had to write the professors. I was told to wait and got the subjects later in a week long period, which is a time when we can change subjects, as many Korean students realized the subjects are in english they usually drop them after a while.

Skládal/a jste na zahraniční škole zkoušky?:
Yes. We had 2 weeks of exams at the end of the semester and a week in the end of October, midterms. For midterms we got a week of before for studying, but for end of semester we did not get any time to preper which was pretty hard for me as we had only one chance to pass the exams on 1 set date with not much time to prepare.

Používá škola systém ECTS?:
ne

Pokud ne, uveďte, jakým způsobem byly tamní kredity na ECTS přepočítány:
Courses usually were 3 Korean credits which = 5 ECTS.

Popište způsob výuky (teorie, praxe, projekty) a hodnocení studentů:
All subjects I took were in person, expect one time when a teacher was in quarantine. The professor used mostly presentations on the lectures. We got a lots of homeworks and self study, basically everyday I had at least 1-2 homeworks. They were usually in a form of small research or review on academic articles/books about the topic we discussed in the class. Sometimes we had to watch documents as a homework and made a review. Almost always I got materials before the lecture so we can discuss with the professor during the class. Some professors used movie/documents during the lecture which I liked a lot.

Kvalita výuky ve srovnání s domácí školou:
I liked the system of sending us their presentations or notes before the class so we are ready to discuss with them. Also some of them using "play" way to catch our interest like speaking about traditional games - she brought the game and we played it, speaking about history - played part of document, or we got recommendation for a movie which is based on facts. I did not liked that we had only one chance to take the exam in a short period of time but for midterms, when we got whole week of to study I was actually able to do something due to students around me working hard too, as there is a lot of places open until midnight including study rooms, cafe... and many students spends a lot of time by visiting these places and silently studying, that was the biggest help to have silent place opened even at night for studying. Almost all subjects are also twice by week and students are expected to take maximum of 20 Korean credits which is to make sure they do not take many subjects and have enough time to pay attention to their main subjects and I think that is good to put some limits also as the subjects are twice the week there is not much time for more subjects. I liked the though of having the subjects twice a week as I was able to spend more time discussing with the professors on the lectures.

Jak jste získával/a studijní materiál?:
Professors almost always sent their notes, usually before lecture so we could discuss or right after. For Korean language class I had to get workbooks which we were informed about right at the first lecture which ones we need and that we can buy them at the school bookstore at the campus.

Můžete doporučit nějaký zajímavý kurz/předmět/vyučujícího?:
Korean History by TaeJin Hwang. I took more of her classes. Her speciality is Cold War. She tried to be always full of energy and thanks to sending notes and giving homeworks once a week, students had a lot of chances to discuss in her classes.

Jaká je vybavenost školní knihovny?:
Many places to study, sit and recharge phone. Absolute silence. Small cafe in middle of the library, which is reserved for students to drink/eat silently without disturbance of others and can still study. Also many small "booths" or how to call it for the student to have privacy to study isolated but still in the library. Also had place for printing and rooms with computers. Another floor was for studying with another booths but also open space to take more students. There were also small conference rooms for people working in groups (projects, study together...).

Dostupnost počítačů, přístup na internet, úroveň potřebného softwaru, potřeba vlastního notebooku:
As I mentioned before, there was a lot of places in library, but also at almost every first floor of each building in the campus with around 3-5 computers and printers. But I had my own laptop or IPad always at me for notes purposes.

Možnosti tisku a kopírování:
Again, as I mentioned before,you could print in the library, but also at almost every first floor of each building in the campus with around 3-5 computers included printers. At B1 in dormitory we had 2 big printers too.

Pořádá zahraniční škola/studentská organizace speciální akce pro výměnné studenty?:
ano

Jestliže ano, jaké?:
Hello Foreigner, "Squid Games", Halloween party, Christmas party... there was a group of Korean students who did games and parties for us.

Jak byste zhodnotil/a svoji integraci mezi místní studenty (hodnocení jako ve škole 1-5):
2

případně doplňte vlastními slovy:
I had classes usually with foreigner students sadly. Not many Koreans was able to hold conversations in english and as a shy and introverted person it was hard for me to approach anyone also Koreans do not really approach random people so outside of the games it was almost impossible to speak with someone. I was able to meet some Koreans thanks to group projects as I had one class where were almost only Koreans, but as their english was really poor I was not able to befriend them outside of class. Also it was always boys (only one time I worked with a girl) in my projects groups and they almost seemed too scared to even speak with me. I had a Korean buddy who sadly also had really limited english and as I was starting with my Korean, not many people were interested to practice with me. I met another 2 Czech students who helped me a lot, one was fluent in Korean so I got help from her mostly. The other one did not spoke Korean at all but she was really friendly and met with many Koreans so in the end I was able to befriend people through her. In the end when I got to know some Koreans better, I was told that I am kinda tall for a woman and wear black a lot so some people can be intimidated by my look as Koreans care about the look a lot and other said me that I just look "intimidating in a good way".

Praktické otázky pobytu
Kde jste bydlel/a?:
At the dormitory.

Cena ubytování – měsíčně:
125 USD

Další poznámky k ceně ubytování (ohledně toho, co cena obsahuje):
The final fee for +- 4 months was from KRW 602,300 (US$500) to KRW 1,428,090 (US$ 1,200).

The amount of dormitory fee depends on your meal plans, you pay it together. The room fee is KRW
602,300, and the meal plans with 3-time a day is KRW 825,790. (I had 2,5 meal plan but would recommend only 1 or 1,5 meal plan I was traveling a lot so I had no time to eat at dorms)

Popište vybavenost. Tipy pro další studenty – co by si měli sebou přivézt?:
There was no official wi-fi at dorms, so I bought unlimited data and used them for all my devices. You need to buy your own stuff. There is only bed with mattress, no covers anything... table and old chair. I slowly bought all the needed stuff all around campus. Daiso is the best. I got covers from local market for KRW 20000. But during winter it was not enough, we can not have heating pads which is really bad as some floors, mine included, had broken heating system for whole winter. I got 3 more covers from my friends who left before winter hit harder. Still was freezing a lot even though Daegu is one of the most warm places. So shortly, do not expect anything. I bough all new stuff myself after my arrival to the dormitory. But I had 1 big fluffy blanket from home which at first I though was waste of space but in the end before I managed to find proper covers it was the best thing. You also cannot cook at the dormitory and have no place to do it. But there is cafe and convenience store at B1 floor, the store is opened 24/7 (for people with Korean credit card which can open the doors after stuff leaves). You can buy food there, make a coffee and use microwave.

Jak a s jakým předstihem je třeba si zařídit ubytování?:
I think I had to submit my dormitory application 2 months before arrival. After that you cannot apply for dormitory and go on your own. I met 2 girls from France who lived out of campus but they payed around KRW 1 000 000 every month.

Jaké jsou možnosti stravování?:
The meal plans with 3-time a day is KRW 825,790. (I had 2,5 meal plan but would recommend only 1 or 1,5 meal plan I was traveling a lot so I had no time to eat at dorms). You can visit dormitory cafeteria only if you live in the dormitory. If you are not living there than there is other cafeteria, but that one is more expensive. Also if you run out of preordered food or wanna buy food without having meal plan, you can buy food ticket which for one food was I think KRW 4500.

Jaké jsou orientační ceny potravin (porovnejte s cenami v ČR):
I think it was really similar expect for meat and sea food that is cheap also a few local fruits, but vegetable and not local fruits were very expensive, also european food in the restaurants was kinda expensive.

Doprava do místa pobytu:
I was only informed to take KTX train from Seoul to Daegu which was supposed to cost around KRW 44500 but because I had no idea where to buy a tickets as I was told to do it online but even my local friend was kinda confused about the online reservation, I payed almost KRW 100 000.

Orientační cena dopravy:
I was only informed to take KTX train from Seoul to Daegu which was supposed to cost around KRW 44500 but because I had no idea where to buy a tickets as I was told to do it online but even my local friend was kinda confused about the online reservation, I payed almost KRW 100 000.

Tipy pro zakoupení výhodné letenky/jízdenky/další doporučení:
Search for local apps at your phone.

Jaké jsou možnosti místní dopravy (MHD, kolo, pěšky, orientační ceny):
As I lived in a campus I did not really need to use anything but I traveled around Daegu in my free time with a bus which costed around KRW 1400 one ride, same for Seoul. I charged my T-card around KRW 50000 each month.

Jaké formality je třeba vyřídit po příjezdu, např. povolení k pobytu?:
I had to visit Covid center to get tested. The visa, immigration and getting Alien Card was all did through university so we did not really need to do much but it took a lot of time before we finally got our Alien Card which you need for almost everything it was hard without it.

Jakého jste použil/a zdravotního pojištění? (orientační cena, výhody, nevýhody, je nutno na univerzitě pořídit jiné než domácí (české) pojištění?):
My mom made some insurance for me which I had no idea how much was but it was for a whole year, included all possible scenarios (which I was rather gratefull for as I was for Halloween in Seoul...) and for almost all countries around the world. But I also had to subscribe through my Alien Card to the local health system. We had to pay every month around KRW 56 000-57 000.

Měl/a jste zkušenosti s lékařským ošetřením v zahraničí?:
Yes. I got hurt in october/november and later had problem with my thyroid. So I visited local doctor as it was kinda complicated where to go first, so I just went to the neck doctor from university magazine for foreigners but even when he was supposed to speak english he did not, neither the nurses so we tried in Korean, I still have no idea what happened there. Also as I do not have Korean name, thankfully the nurse was nice, it was hard to fit my name anywhere as Koreans only have 2-3 syllable boxes and my Czech name in hangul is 7. So just at the register it was hard to get through. At the pharmacy I had no idea what they told me but thank God they print it for me, my friend did not had such a luck and when she got pills she had no idea how to take them. They also give you exact amount of pills in packages. I only had something with my throat but got 5 pills had to take all of them 3x per day. It was crazy how much pills you get here.

Pracoval/a jste během studia?:
No I sadly could not because of the visa.

Jaké jsou podmínky pro práci/brigádu pro studenty z MU?:
-

Tipy na využití volného času:
Travel. Even if it´s somewhere near, it is worth it! I spent all my money and time by traveling around and regret nothing. I also visited concerts of my favorites artists and participate in K-pop activities (cafe, exhibitions...) in Seoul.

Finanční podpora a náklady
Celkový grant od Centra zahraniční spolupráce:
70000 CZK

Měsíční stipendium v Kč:
17500 CZK

Počet podpořených měsíců:
4

Celkový počet měsíců:
6 and half

Jakých dalších zdrojů jste využil/a k financování pobytu?:
My own savings, I worked 3 jobs before leaving for Korea plus my whole family gave me small "gifts" during the studies and my mom sponsored biggest trips.

Pokud jste obdržel/a další stipendium, uveďte jaké a jeho výši v Kč:
-

 
Poplatky spojené s nástupem na univerzitu:
0 ???

a/ výše vstupního poplatku:
0 ???

b/ výše školného:
0 ???

c/ výše ostatních poplatků (jakých):
0 ???

 
Jaké byly Vaše průměrné měsíční výdaje?:
2000000 KRW

a/ z toho ubytování:
165184 KRW

b/ z toho stravování:
200000 KRW

c/ cestování a volný čas:
1000000 KRW

Jakékoli komentáře k průměrným měsíčním výdajům:
Health Insurance - KRW 56 500
SIM Card - KRW 30 000
Buses - KRW 50 000
Trains - KRW 90 000

I count almost all the trips around whole semester. I traveled every third weekend to Seoul, visited a lot of places around peninsula. Traveled to Jeju island with a group of friends, rent a cars there, sea fishing... and after exams visited Japan alone for a week too. Also visited a few concerts which end up being one of the most expensive weekends as I traveled for them to other cities, usually Seoul, had to pay for a hotel and got tickets for both dates.

Uznání zahraničního studia domácí fakultou
Kolik jste během studia získal kreditů (v systému zahraniční školy)?:
18

Kolik ETCS kreditů bylo uznáno na MU?:
25

Věděl/a jste předem, které kurzy Vám budou domácí fakultou uznány?:
Yes.

Jakým problémům jste musel/a v souvislosti s uznáním čelit?:
-

Celkové hodnocení
Posouzení osobního přínosu (1 = výborný):
1

Posouzení akademického přínosu (1 = výborný):
1

Ohodnoťte informace a podporu poskytnuté zahraniční školou (1 = výborný):
3

Setkal/a jste se s nějakými závažnými problémy během pobytu:
I cannot recall right now expect for the doctors and that the dormitory was kinda complicated with moving around as some students had to change rooms for winter vacation including me.

Co doporučujete vzít si s sebou:
Not much, it is better to buy everything there. Just laptop I guess. And I took 1 blanket and 1 plushie, a few clothes which I end up not really wearing. Especially during winter. I had to buy whole new winter clothes. Shoes and coats.

Co Vás nejvíce překvapilo na partnerské univerzitě pozitivně:
I cannot really explain, as it is something between possitive and negative, but the atmosphere of everyone trying so hard to be the best kinda helped me and motivated me to study more. But long story short, the studying system is actually an issues in Korea due to the long time impact on psychology of the students but I enjoyed the atmosphere around me as the people I befriend were doing just well with their studies.

Co Vás nejvíce překvapilo na partnerské univerzitě negativně:
I can only think about the dormitory. They had "strict" rules. Time when you cannot walk into the building, no skinship inside the building, seperate elevator for men/women, checking the room, many objects that cannot be in the room...

Další komentář:
I think I already wrote a lot :D