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Feedbacks : Queensland University of Technology ,Brisbane, Australia

Name Sharmila SureshShinde

Aanchal Jiwrajka Abhinav Kumar Namitha AchandiraUdaya Kumar

Asad Siraj

Centre at NIFT Bengaluru Mumbai Patna Bengaluru PatnaDepartment Fashion Design Fashion Design Fashion Design Fashion Design Fashion DesignSemesterExchange/

SummerProgramme/

Semester Exchange Semester Exchange Semester Exchange Semester Exchange Semester Exchange

Academicsession

January-June 2012 January-June 2012 July-December 2012 July-December 2012 July-December 2012

Registrationprocess at hostschool

Facilities Excellent Very Good Very Good Very Good ExcellentInternationallinkages supportfrom hostinstitution

Excellent Very Good Very Good Very Good Excellent

On-siteOrientation &

Campusfacilities

Contents of On-site Orientation

Excellent Very Good Excellent Excellent Very Good

How helpful wasthe orientation?

Excellent Excellent Good Very Good Very Good

Academics Classes/ Labs/facilities/infrastructure

Satisfactory Excellent Very Good Excellent Very Good

Professors/faculty

Satisfactory Very Good Excellent Excellent Very Good

Learningoutcomes

Satisfactory Very Good Very Good Very Good Excellent

Coursesselected

Film and costume,Design Studio-3,Internship

Drawing for FashionUnspeakable beauty1, Design studio 3Fashion andcostume in film

Fashion and StyleJournalism, DesignStudio-4,ContemporaryFashion,Sustainability

Fashion Design Design Studio-4,Sustainability,Fashion and StyleJournalism andContemporaryFashion

Medium ofInstruction

Lectures andTutorials

English English English English

Course load 4 Units Average Medium 48 academic credits(4 units of 12 crediteach)

48 academic credits-quite a good load.Working mechanismis very different

hence be prepare


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for suddenworkloads

Housing Facilities Good Good Good Excellent GoodThings to carry Own Luggage Linen

Cooking utensilsSummer and winterclothing, Fooding(little), Blanket

Basic essentialssome utensils, foodstuff for initial days

Bed sheet, Pillow,blanket and lots ofhomemade food andinstant noodles

Cost $150 per week $250 per week 560$ for 2 people House rent: 200 AUD

per week

240$ per week for 2

people stationeryand food items areextremely costly

Food Cost &availability

$ 70-80 per week Food availablearound the campusCost: A subwaysandwich is about$7

30-40$ per day This could vary ,approximately 70-100

AUD per week

150$ per week

Making yourown VS eatingout

$100 Making your ownfood is muchcheaper as a meal

out would cost anaverage of $10-20

Making your own Making your ownfood would cost alittle lesser. 50-

70AUD per week

Make your own 60$per week/vs eatingout 140$ per week

On-campus food Very Good Good Good Very Good Very GoodTransportation& Travel

Localtransportation

Excellent Good Very Good Very Good Very Good

Packing Must haves Take stationery,Medical cover

UmbrellaA jacketBedsheet/Blanket

Winter garment,Ample of money tosupport you for onemonth (until you getscholarship)

Umbrella, winter andsummer wear,Universal adapter

Shades, sunscreen,Good cell phone(with google mapnavigation facilities),

jacket, blanket somecash (200AUD),Master card, coloredphotocopy of alldocuments , cameraand medicines

Leave it at home Food stuff ---- Winter clothing ---- Muslin and otherfabrics

Weatherconsiderations

Good like bengaluru,not too extreme

Very hot in thesummerSlightly cold duringwinter with heavyshowers

Summer, winter aswell as Rainy

Basic winter andsummer wear wouldbe sufficient

Extremely weirdweather, so carryeverything,sunscreen, jacket,shades andumbrella


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Finances How much youspent

$10,000 AUD 10,000(including flight andrent)

5 Lakh Initially Rs 28,100 forVisa; Rs. 15,960 forhealth insurance,then Flight tickets(toand fro0and overallexpenditure dependson your style of living.Generally living is

expensive

Flight ticket-Rs.48000-52000/-Visa-28,000Passport-4000/-Lelts-17,000/-Total net: 1.5 Lakh

Memorablemoments ofculture shock

Beach culture, kindand friendly people,weekday andweekend culture

Casual AustraliancultureCommon differencesbetween easternand western culture

Mixing with entirelydifferent culture

None Indianindependence daycelebrated on 14th

August horriblecelebration worthavoiding

Communication Phones & phonecards

Lyca mobile card,any 3G OR 2 Gphone

Cheap availablephone cardsSome havereasonable calls to

India

Any internationalversion of phone with

AUD SIM (I had lycamobile)

Spend around 20AUD for 2 weeks

Quite good withreasonable price

Computer &internetavailability

Very good Expensive internetMostly limited data

Wi-fi available incampus as well as inaccommodation

Excellent Wi-fifacilities in Universityand at home

Excellent both athome and incampus

Any othercomments

Very goodexperience as awhole

It was a greatexperience as

Australia doesnt

come across as oneof the fashioncapitals, yet it was agood insight on the

growing fashion inAustralia and itscompetitiveness inthe world.

Things may getdifficult but get thebest out of it. Peopleare too friendly soconsult whenever inproblem.

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