Abroad101: Study Abroad Reviews

A dream com true October 15, 2025

By (Engineering Science, National Institute of Technology Trichy) - abroad from 06/12/2022 to 07/09/2022 with

Cerca Abroad: Greece - Engineering

What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
It was a fantastic experience! I had spent days assembling all the parts ,connecting the circuits , and calibrating the sensors , but when it finally lifted off the ground , it felt almost unreal.

Personal Information

How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? 2 weeks - 1 month

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* Overall educational experience

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* Host Country Program Administration

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* Housing:

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* Social & Cultural Integration:

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* Health Care:

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If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? Yes

Hi, I am Sarvesh Rajkumar, I am nineteen years old, and I am pursuing my undergraduate degree in computer science engineering in the National Institute of Technology Trichy, in India. It has always been my dream to pursue a career in robotics. As a kid I’ve always chased that. So now, since I’m in college, I have chosen this internship, as I stumbled across this. So, my first step towards robotics was getting my own drone. As I came across engineering drones, I was really interested in this program. That’s’ why I’m here- I really like doing it. So, my first task was building a drone. As I had three printed parts of the drone and they helped me make more of it. The first thing to do was to assemble the drone, gather all the electronics. Make all the connections. We have done the sorting of the wires. We had tried then to calibrate the software behind the flight controller. The idea was an auto pilot and we had to calibrate all the sensors, the motors and to check on any safety failures since there are many parameters for that. After that we had to connect the controller so that it can connect through Wi-Fi, using a machine planner. As you can see, this is an assembled drone, his here is the flight controller. Before I had to come here, I’ve had a few issues with my visa as well. That was the first time that I would have to be alone in Greece, but Cerca Abroad has helped me throughout it. They have dealt with any issues. The admin was really helpful and my mentor here who’s been helping us has been really supportive and friendly and he seems to be just one of us but he has so much experience and many things to teach us. Once here, it’s been really good so far and I really enjoy it. Since my first time in Greece, I’ve been across countries in Europe but Greece was my first time. I do stay in Thessaloniki. It’s really beautiful. I got to use the buses and the transport system.They are convenient. There are stores that are 24/7. It’s really nice and safe to walk around here. There are many different archaeological Museums, the beaches… it’s really great down here.

Finances

* Money: How easily were you able to live on a student's budget?

(1 = not very easy/$200+ on food & personal expenses/week, 2.5 = $100/week, 5 = very easily/minimal cost)

Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? $100
Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? Nothing to say.

Language

* Did your program have a foreign language component? No

Other Program Information

* Where did you live?

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  • Apartment
* Who did you live with?

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  • International Students
* Who did you take classes with?

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  • International Students
About how many local friends did you make that you will likely keep in touch with? 10+

A Look Back

* What did you like most about the program?
  • Watching something I created with my own hands fly smoothly was both exciting and humbling.
  • It made me realise how powerful and precise engineering can be
  • Thessaloniki is a wonderful city
* What could be improved?
  • Nothing to say
* What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? I have nothing to share at this moment. The program exceeded my expectations!

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