What's it really like to study in South Korea? In this episode, I sit down with four exchange students from around the world to talk honestly and openly about their experiences at Korean universities. We cover everything from first impressions and making Korean friends to campus culture, visa challenges, professors, trends, expectations, and the toughest parts of living here as a foreigner.

Dillon

Lia (https://www.instagram.com/lia_nana9/)

Zhaniya

Joana

Topics & Timestamps

0:00 Expectations Before Coming to Korea

10:10 First Impressions

20:00 Interacting with Korean People

30:00 Making Friends in Korea

40:00 Studying in Korea

48:20 Korean Professors

1:07:00 Korean University Campus

1:13:20 Working on a Student Visa

1:21:20 Korean Trends

1:41:15 Hardest Thing About Being a Foreigner

1:56:05 Advice for Studying in Korea

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David A. Tizzard has a PhD in Korean Studies and lectures at Seoul Women's University and Hanyang University. He writes a weekly column in the Korea Times, is a social-cultural commentator, and a musician who has lived in Korea for nearly two decades. He can be reached at datizzard@swu.ac.kr.

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Music by Jocelyn Clark

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