International University

My name is Nathan Mwasambe and I am from Zambia. I am a student in the Department of Civil Engineering at Erzurum Technical University—which is one of the best universities in Turkey. For this reason, I chose Erzurum Technical University. Erzurum is a winter city. As a consequence of this many winter sports are available. Here you can ski, skate, and do ice hockey. I can do many things like skiing and ice skating that I cannot do back in my own country. Most of the academics at the University, especially in our department of Civil Engineering, have studied abroad. Therefore they are very helpful in terms of English. The International Cooperations Office is very friendly to everyone and welcomes everyone. Erzurum is a very quiet, peaceful city and the people are very friendly and helpful. I have traveled to a few other cities in Turkey, such as Izmir and Antalya, and Erzurum is more peaceful compared to them. Here the student life is really good from an academic point of view. Therefore, I suggest that other international students come here. When I came to Erzurum, I learned from the people here to be more well-disposed and I will return to my homeland having learned a lot from here—I have learned a lot not only from an academic perspective, but also from a personal one. I suggest that prospective students come to Erzurum Technical University, because this is a place where you can learn, in an academic sense, really great things.