Being a student

Slovakia is not a huge exchange land: first the country is small and second the exchange year (or semester) among youth is still not so widely spread as in many other countries. It is more usual to do the exchange while being at the university.

You will probably not find 10 other exchange students at your Slovak school, not even in the town you would spend your exchange time. But the more possibilities you would have to get included in the real Slovak live, spend time with your Slovak friends and your host family.

The Slovaks are very open to those, who are interested in their country. If they see you are learning their language (which is definately not a world language! :)), they will probably melt very quickly.

Most of Slovak high school students spend their mornings at school, afternoons are reserved for their spare time activities: it is very common for students to attend language courses in the afternoon, to be a part of a sport club or to attend music classes. There are several institutions where to attend those: language schools, music schools, sport clubs. It is not very usual to have these opportunities offered through high school.

Although the relationship to the friends at the same age is very important for most of young people in Slovakia, it is still quite common that children do spend significant time with their parents: dinners are mostly reserved for family meetings, weekends sometimes as well.

But not to be too theoretical: please, check the other links within this section to get more „Slovak“ feeling!

If you should have any questions, please, let us know: students@yfu.sk.