About half of our students spend a period of time abroad as part of their studies at the Business School. The first point of contact is generally the THI’s International Office, which maintains contact with all partner universities as well as offering consultation and support when it comes to planning and undertaking a period of study or an internship in another country. In addition, all professors and lecturers are more than happy to help when questions arise.

The THI Language Centre prepares students to tackle the linguistic challenges they encounter when they go abroad. It offers languages courses not just in English but also in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese as well as providing instruction in intercultural skills.

I definitely wanted to join this! From middle of August until middle of September 2018, I and nine fellow students of my master degree program Financial Management and Controllingvisited Beijing and Shanghai. We attended various lectures and visited Chinese companies. In addition, there were guest lecturers who taught for example about behavior towards Chinese business partners.

At the weekends there was enough time to visit Chinese tourist attractions. The Great Wall as well as the skyscrapers of Shanghai and the Tian’men Place in Beijing are absolutely gorgeous.
The best thing is that I made new friends with Chinese and Austrian students. All in all: an absolutely worthwhile experience I will never forget.

Florian Plail, 6th semester, Financial Management and Controlling M.A.