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<\/p>\nOne exchange student from the Graduate School of Katholic University Leuven, Belgium, Jorre DIERCKENS shared his experiences of life in Japan and at Waseda University.<\/p>\n
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Q1. What made you decide to come to Waseda to study?<\/strong><\/span> Q2. What are you currently studying at Waseda?<\/strong><\/span> Q3. Please describe one memorable experience with a professor and\/or class.<\/strong><\/span> Q4. Tell us about your campus life at Waseda University.<\/strong><\/span> Q5. What did you gain from studying at Waseda University?\u202f<\/strong><\/span> Q6. What advice would you give to students who are considering studying at Waseda University?<\/strong><\/span> Q7. How easy or difficult was it for you to meet people and make friends as an international student?<\/strong><\/span> Q10. What surprised you the most when you came to Japan?<\/strong><\/span> Q12. Did you or do you belong to any societies(circles) or participate in any club activities? Please tell us which clubs you belonged to and what kind of activities you were involved in.<\/strong><\/span> One exchange student from the Graduate School of Katholic University Leuven, Belgium, Jorre DIERCKENS shared h […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4084,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[61],"class_list":["post-4051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-general-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsps\/gsps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsps\/gsps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsps\/gsps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsps\/gsps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsps\/gsps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4051"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsps\/gsps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4091,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsps\/gsps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4051\/revisions\/4091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsps\/gsps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsps\/gsps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsps\/gsps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsps\/gsps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWhen my home University gave me the chance to do an exchange outside of Europe, there were 3 specific choices: Australia, Canada and Japan. Because of the big difference in culture, I decided to choose Japan, I believed it could\u2019ve really helped my personal development. Next to this, Waseda has a very high reputation in and around Japan.<\/p>\n
\nSports Management<\/p>\n
\nOne time I sat on the metro home back to Nishi-Kasai, where I lived at the time, when I noticed I was on the same metro as a professor of mine. The whole way we talked and laughed very hard. This is something I could never imagine in Belgium to happen, so for me this is a very memorable moment!<\/p>\n
\nThe campus where I had class was located in Higashifushimi, a cozy suburb at +- 30 mins from the main Waseda campus. I did not have a lot of class, but I absolutely loved when I could go. Thanks to the small faculty and the little subscriptions in sports management, the classes are small, personal and interactive. Next to this, I spent a lot of time at the main campus of Waseda to study in the library of building 14 where a lot of my friends were studying.<\/p>\n
\nBeing mentored and educated by some of the best professors in their domain, surely helps my personal development and growth in my knowledge towards the understanding of sport management, but as well the political, social and psychological aspects that go behind sports management and sport marketing.<\/p>\n
\nThere is no one I would not advise to study here: the professors I met spoke all perfect English, which made the whole study process way easier. Organizationally and administratively, they exceed any university and school I\u2019ve ever been to (which is quiet the number) and the atmosphere at all the faculty\u2019s is amazing<\/p>\n
\nIn the beginning it was quite hard, because I didn\u2019t had a lot of international people in faculty. But thanks to some other international students in my dorm, I was able to build a beautiful friend group with whom I went on a lot of trips around Japan.<\/p>\n
\nHow amazingly friendly everyone is! When you come from Europe, you\u2019re used to someone not being friendly or even not respectful on the street. While in Japan, people are always approachable and very helpful when you ask them something!<\/p>\n
\nI did join a football (soccer) group, called the Waseda Outsiders. This group were all Waseda students who wanted to play some football games in their free time. Next to the matches, training sessions were organized as well on a regular basis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"