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some the testimonies of the students about their exchange experience in Jordan.
Wout Wynen firstly thought we were Americans or Swedish dinner and he was very happy to get to know us.
“Luckily, we had the privilege to experience the people. In Belgium, it is less likely to happen that In Belgium I think we are less helpful because we
level of education in Jordan, because we had 3 students at the university have a chat with other feel that we have to be more independent.”
courses at PSUT (the best university in Jordan( exchange students.” Lotte Pauwels
… if I take a look at the Education ranking Driesen Tom
Worldwide, Jordan is ranked 58th, but if they “Spending my time outside Europe in Jordan
would only take PSUT in consideration, Jordan “All in all, I think the cultural differences where was a great enrichment. I prepared myself for a
would be ranked on the level of Belgium. The not as big of a gap as what we’re used to and/ massive cultural shock but that never happened.
level of education at PSUT is quite the same as in or expected from a country in the Middle East. I I found the cultural differences in the more subtle
Belgium.” would definitely recommend friends and family things of living here … thank you for an amazing
to visit Jordan as the difference in culture is journey”
Thomas Uwents interesting rather than a shock and that Jordan
“When I knew I was going on a summer school certainly isn’t what a lot of people would think of Reine Donné
to Jordan, I honestly didn’t know what to expect when talking about a country in the Middle East.” “As soon as we arrived in Jordan, people were so
… When we arrived in Jordan, I noticed that the Pannemans Stef nice and friendly to us! People offer you help,
citizens are incredibly friendly. I think that’s they approach you to have a little chat, welcome
just the Arabic culture … When we arrived with “The second person we met was a PSUT student, you … I had an absolutely amazing time in Jordan,
our group at the university for the first day, all he volunteered himself to give us a tour around and learnt a lot of things about the Arabic world!
the other students immediately came up to us Amman. He was really nice and told us about You guys are so sympathetic and changed my
to ask where we came from. Of course, they very nice places to visit in Jordan. He invited us to view about the Middle East in a positive way!”