Hello everyone my name is Rafal and I'm
a double degree student originally from
Exeter University and now as you can see
I'm in China and I'm studying
(MSc) World Economics at Fudan University and I'm gonna tell you about my experience of
living in Shanghai and of living in
China.
I believe that in today's competitive job market it's very important to distinguish yourself from
other candidates and international
experience especially international
study experience in China, which is
a different continent can be seen as a
great advantage for your future in
prospective employers.
Shanghai is the biggest city in the world, it can be very interesting to live here to be immersed in
the culture because you can never get
bored with the city, basically everywhere
you go there's something interesting to
do, one day you see one place and another
day it looks totally different because
the city changes very fast and it's
developing at a tremendous pace.
When I came to China I didn't speak any
Chinese, but it wasn't a big problem.
Even though many people
don't speak English, Shanghai is still
an international city in the sense that the
international community is quite big here.
So in most places you can find
someone who speaks English to help you.
Moreover, at Fudan we were we were given the 
opportunity to study some basic Chinese
and some basic sentences and words that
greatly helped me in everyday situations.
Professors at  Fudan University are very well
prepared and are well known academics
who are very engaging during the lectures. 
You can have a conversation with
professors and get to know a lot about
China, its culture and its economics.
Definitely the best thing in this
experience in Shanghai was the
international community I was a part of.
At Fudan there are thousands of international
students from all around the world and
all cultures you can imagine and it's a
great opportunity to be friends with these
people to broaden your network
and to just have fun!
Apply! Don't be afraid, because it's just
one year and you can get another
master's degree. In China, usually it
takes two or three years to do a master's
degree, you can do it in only one year!
It's a great opportunity and a great
advantage. Moreover, I can say that if you
have any doubts,
if you are afraid about cultural differences and the thought that you're going to biggest
city in the world, just don't be! Just let
yourself enjoy the experience, the people
everyone is very helpful and willing to
help.
