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Bc Pavlína Březinová, UCT Prague,

ročník 4

About the country

Location of the place

It is located on the western side of the Pearl River in East Asia. Only one hour ride on ferry from Hong Kong (60 km).

City

Macau is a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. One of the most densely populated spots on the planet. It is a former portuguese colony. Macau consists of four parts: Taipa, Cotai, Coloane and Macau itself. The city is famous for gambling ( the Vegas of Asia).

Surroundings (possible trips, ...)

This is the best part about Macao! So many possibilities for travelling. Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Taiwan and of course you should visit Mainland China (Yanshuo is place which you must see!!). If you are not so much into travelling there are nice places in Macau as well. Personally, my favorite ones were A-Ma temple and Guia Fortress.

Employer

I was working at University of Macau in the Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences.

Work description

They gave me my own project which was about making new drug formulation-nanoparticles. I have learned how to prepare them with two different methods and how to use different machines for measuring their properties.

Salary (sufficient for local conditions?)

6400 MOP, it was more than enough for daily costs

Language requirements

English good

Accommodation (price, who provided it)

IAESTE arranged for us an accommodation at student dormitories which was fo free!

Social life

Meeting IAESTE members (pick-up at the airport, organized events...)

Nobody picked me up at the airport but I got a good description how to get into dormitories in advance. We had a few organised events (tea ceremony, dinners).

Meeting other foreign students

It was super easy because all foreign students lived at the same dormitories (16 from Europe) and we also had a group chat from the very beginning so it was easy to meet them.

Sport and culture

The school campus is awesome! You have a lot of opportunities here (gym, squash, basketball, volleybal, football, even archery ring :D). Another thing which you need to remember is club Cubic- on Thursday evenings you have here free entrance and free drinks for everybody!

Food, local specialties

The food in school canteens mostly consists from rice and meat. But in the city center you can find a lot of good chines restaurants, even some european restaurants (after one month of eating rice and noodles you will need one!). Broadway street in Taipa is really good!