Chulalongkorn University

It´s the cheapest way to look for an appartment - living in the University´s International House is overprized and below standard. Also, it is located quite far from the Chula campus, and there´s no real direct bus connection in between. Better you arrive a few days in advance and walk around to look for a private appartment - there are lots of choices. Be careful with signing the contract, however!

Interaction with the Thai students is hard if you don´t speak Thai; do not see the Chula kids as normal Thais - their behaviour is quite unusual in this country; Courses by foreign teachers tend to be better-prepared and grading does not take 2 months as with my Thai teacher...

Thai students at Chula are mostly not too serious about project work; be careful with your inputs, do not cause them to "lose face"!!!

not really... I have been there 3 times before and have been the language for 2 years before; but even though I had also gone through some intercultural training at my home university, I faced the typical "culture shock" after 2 months - don´t worry, this goes away soon---

I recommend it ONLY if you have experience in travelling through Asia, preferably Thailand, as well as iteraction with Asian people... it´s not always scuh a smiling place and 2 of my colleagues from another university didn´t enjoy it at all since they were totally ill-prepared: they hated the food, the climate and the noise of the city... and soon, the also hated the corny local students who seemed only to be interested in fun and easy life, but didnt interact with them at all...

Life is VERY cheap; food, entertainment, travel, shopping - everything! Go to Bangkok with an empty bag and return homw tih 2 large ones! If you need European food and enjoy expensive restaurants and night clubs too often, however, you expenses can easily surpass European levels!!!