探索世界遇见自己: 【40天婷欧洲旅行记】-学习篇

到外国求学，那是多少人的梦想。原以为考试考得好一点就可以得到奖学金出国念书浸在洋水里，结果还是比上不足留在了本地。可是我也应该要感恩的，马大是多少莘莘学子挤破头都想进入的大学。身为马大生，我是荣幸的；身为马大医学生，我更是引以为傲的。

马大医学系第四年的的课程里，有2个月所谓的ELECTIVE PROGRAMME，学生们可以走访国内国外任何的医学院进行学术交流，或者是留在马大内做研究，我两者都选，各一个月。原本就打算到西方国家学习，想来个文化冲击，离我最近的澳洲墨尔本是我的原先首选。但后来在机缘巧合下，得知捷克医学院免学费（墨尔本医学院需要400澳币，悉尼1000澳币），生活费又较便宜，算了一算预算就决定再补点机票钱，就有了这一趟《婷40天欧洲旅行记》。欧洲，也不算是我的梦想国度，因为我连梦也没有梦过，自己有朝一日能踏上这一片离我差不多一万公里远将近相隔半个地球的土地。

知我的人都知道，此次游学主要目的还是看世界，我是因为一部电影去布拉格朝圣的。醉翁之意不在酒，但却阴差阳错进到欧洲最古老的大学之一（始于1348年），跟着最资深的教授学习（70高龄但头脑还是很灵敏），城市价廉物美（MYR30可以吃到大大的猪脚猪排骨，当啤酒比矿泉水便宜时），治安良好，风景美丽如画，人亲和友善，身为大学生要穷游的我还有什么好嫌的呢？只能说我真的太幸运了！特把申请过程一一写下，让对欧洲有梦想的医学生不再纸上谈兵，你也能这样游学体验！

我与德高望重的教授们。

【Medical elective in LF3, Charles university in Prague, Czech Republic】

Charles University, founded in 1348, is the oldest university on central Europe. There are 5 medical faculties in Charles university, with 3 in Prague (LF1,LF2,LF3) and 1 in Hradec Kralove and 1 in Plzen.   

【Why LF3?】

1) It’s FREE OF CHARGE!!

Both LF3 and Hradec Kralove accept international student for FREE. LF1’s teaching hospital accepts student at 60 Euro/day.   

2) Near the city center of Prague

It is located in Praha 10, 13 minutes away from the city center by car, 30 minutes by public transportation. Hradec Kralove is located 50 minutes away by car.

The city centre of Prague. Prague Castle, Charles Bridge and Vltava river

3) low living cost, compared to other EU countries.

Czech Republic is one of the cheapest country to live/travel in Europe. The currency used is Czech Koruna (CZK). 1MYR~6CZK. The living cost is similar as in Malaysia. There are supermarkets available like Tesco there. To give you an idea of cost, 30eggs for 87 CZK, cheapest bread 1.7 CZK/bread. A meal outside ranged from 200-300CZK, but trust me, it’s in a huge portion and can be shared by two. 

Their canteen food. CZK 90~RM15.

The staffs are so friendly and efficient.  They reply emails within few hours during their working hours, and I got my acceptance letter a month later. The application process was so smooth. All process is listed in the PDF file at the link below. Feel free to ask.