Buddy Program: Get your buddy now!

The buddy program is designed for international students in Cracow that would like to know someone that can help them around the city. If this is your case, you came to the right place!

If you are a polish student and are keen on helping exchange students, you are also in the right place!

The Buddy Program wants to help exchange students to establish a social and academic network starting from day one. We contribute in making the start of the semester a joyful and exciting experience for the ones starting a new journey of their life in our city.

By applying to the Buddy Program the exchange student will get a chance to meet someone that can help him around the city and to take care of all the matters such as:

• Finding a house
• Giving you a tour around Cracow
• Introduce you to other international students and the nice places to hang out
• Introduce you to all the UPJPII activities that will happen during the next semester
• Since your buddy will be a native you will get the chance to find out about all the particularities of the Polish lifestyle.
  

The sooner you apply the sooner you will get a chance to chat with your buddy trought the web!

If you have any question feel free to send an e-mail to buddies@upjp2.edu.pl

What's in it for the Buddy?

The main reward is the contact itself with international students. Being a Buddy is often the best way to feel the "Erasmus spirit" back home, to stay in touch with people from all over the world and to practice a foreign language. So it's no wonder that most Buddies have either been or Erasmus before or intend to in the near future.

What's in it for the Erasmus student?

Erasmus students benefit primarily from all the help they get settling in. The first few weeks are known to be the hardest for any Erasmus, when facing a different country, language, new habits. That's where the Buddy System jumps in. On the other hand, having a Buddy may be of some help in terms of making friends in the local student community and to expand the Erasmus experience in Vienna. 

If you want to participate, please follow the link below that applies to you:

• If you are an exchange student and you want to get a buddy - get a buddy 
• If you are a local student and you want to become a buddy - be a buddy 

If you have questions about the Buddy System, just contact US!