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Welcome to Graz, Chiara & Lorenzo!

We are very happy to welcome Chiara and Lorenzo from the University of Padova (Italy) to our department for the upcoming winter semester!

At their home university, both are studying Local Development, and for the next few months they will join our Master’s programme Environmental Systems Sciences – Sustainability and Innovation Management (ESS-SIM).

Their stay in Graz is part of an Arqus Mobility Window, developed within the Arqus Alliance to give students the opportunity to spend a semester at one of the partner universities while integrating their stay abroad into their regular study programme. Chiara and Lorenzo were selected for the two available Mobility Window places and will now spend the winter semester studying and living in Graz.

Their semester abroad has already started beyond the classroom: they have been exploring Graz, are looking forward to experiencing student life in the city and are both taking a German course to pick up some useful phrases for everyday life in Austria. Chiara has also already added one very important item to her Graz bucket list: trying a typical Austrian Krapfen. 

Over the coming months, they will attend courses together with our ESS-SIM students, discover new perspectives, and hopefully take home plenty of academic as well as personal experiences.

We wish Chiara and Lorenzo a great start, an exciting semester and a wonderful time in Graz!