Do you feel dissatisfied with your university, academic environment, professors and instructors, fellow students, or the opportunities your university offers? You’re not the only one expecting more from the most dynamic years of your life. We know the feeling! We regularly receive questions on this subject from our users all…

Make Sure Your University Offers These Four Things If you could design your own university experience — one without skyrocketing tuition costs, a “campus bubble” environment, or dull 300-student lectures — what would it look like? As the world becomes even more interconnected and complex, the need for intelligent, dynamic…

Originally from Sicily, Professor Cosenza moved to Bologna to study philosophy with Umberto Eco and since then she has not left. She went on to get her doctorate in semiotics with Eco. After that, she became a researcher, then an associate professor and finally a full professor. Today, she is…

I hold the rather bizarre distinction of being the first ever western student to study in North Korea. On the odd occasion somebody hears this and buys me a drink –it’s happened twice- they tend to want some short, pithy wisdom spiced with stories of gulags and forbidden teenage romance…

Finding the right opportunity and deciding where to pursue your PhD or master’s studies can be hard. The conditions vary from country to country, and your choice will depend on your interests, what is being offered, your financial situation, and many other factors. …

Of course you can be a great person if you spend your 20s at your home sweet home and enjoy all of the benefits that decision provides you — there are exceptions to every rule. …

We all want to excel in life. For many of us, excelling is synonymous with scoring a GPA above 3.5, getting into a good graduate school, and landing a dream job. I call that the “perfect life.” But how do we work towards this “perfect life?” Sitting at home and…

How does a student coming from a country that is ranked as the brain drain number one in the whole wide world (yes, believe it or not Serbia is number one — and the dream of almost every youngster is to leave and obtain another citizenship) keep his spirits up…

We have have repeated for thousands of times so far that studying abroad is the best experience that you can have in your 20s and in general, one of the most enriching experiences in your entire life. It will give you the opportunity to meet new people, new cultures and…