EOA Alumni 2008/09

"Studying at the EOA has been a great experience - on the professional as well as on the personal level. Having applied at very short notice, shortly after, I found myself in a class-room for the first time in six years. And what wonderful and interesting people from all over Europe and from various professional backgrounds I was able to meet there... Already at the second seminar we had established a sound "family" feeling and this is what makes EOA's blended-learning approach so fruitful: you are not just trapped in your own little study but instead are looking forward to meet your co-students and exchange ideas and opinions. This "social" element about the EOA makes learning not a dull experience but rather fun and professionally rewarding at the same time.

I would also like to point out the high academic standards and praise the always-helpful staff. The learning modules are linked up in an intelligent way, too: already in the second semester I could see how the different strands from each course were adding up to a larger picture of European integration. At the same time I could experience that very integration at close hand at each seminar. Be it at discussions at the European Parliament in Brussels or over a laid-back beer in the old town of Budapest."

Christian Altfuldisch, European Stability Initiative (ESI), Head of Office and Communications Manager