1. Academic Program: Exciting classes, hands-on (as an aside: one can automatically become a European studies minor)
2. Teachers: Practitioners (see economics, government, psychology teachers; economics teacher might be able to get internships in Vienna or New York for a few students)
3. German language: significant improvements in Vienna after just one semester
at SLU
4. Vienna is an old city (walkable history, coffeehouses)
5. Vienna is a new city (Bermuda triangle, fashion, shopping, large universities with many students)
6. Central location of Vienna: great for traveling on low budget and interesting because of closeness to former Eastern Europe
7. Host families: lots of experience and conversation partners (improves German and gets students in contact with young Austrians)
8. One week in Dorfgastein (beautiful mountains, smooth transition to new environment, Gemütlichkeit, skiing, friendly people)
9. The institute: great people, huge experience, central location in Vienna, connections
10. Field trips: seeing exciting places with best guides
For more information contact Jolie Roetter in the Center for International and Intercultural Studies.