There are two restaurants/canteens where three meals per day are available for payment. The prices are affordable and suitable for students.

The medical centre makes a wide range of medical services available for students (internal medicine, dentistry, echo-graph, etc.).You can reach an ambulance on 0236411000 from all over Galati. Transportation by ambulance in the case of emergency is free of charge.

The University has its own printing and publishing house and its own TV studio facilities. Student TV studio is actively making commercials, new promotions videos, smaller TV shows and more. They have new and modern equipment for practicing their skills.

The University library has over 600.000 volumes distributed through five fully library units placed in the whole campus. The library has been computerized so you can find information from a variety of sources including books, newspapers, and journal articles.

Sport facilities and activities: ice skating rings, football terrains, basketball courts, ping ball tables, swimming pools and more.

Complex student - They are actively responding to requests and requirements of specific norms of student life, the University pays special attention to allocate accommodation for Romanian students, foreign students coming to study in the cooperation agreements or international programs (CEEPUS, ERASMUS, SOCRATES), foreign teachers and people who are invited to our University at conferences, symposia, summer schools, doctoral committees. We are providing modern accommodation according to European standards.

There are several other facilities and services that should be mentioned: scholarships/financial aids, housing, exchange programs/study abroad, online courses/distance learning, hostels, student canteen etc.

Romanian students are granted three types of scholarships: for professionally outstanding students, study grants and social stipends. While the first two are exclusively based on the student’s academic achievements, the third type also takes into account the student’s basic needs.

ASCOR Galati - Galati Romanian Orthodox Christian Student Association
The purpose of the association is to promote Orthodox Christian faith and spirituality, in the spirit of Rev. Prof. Dumitru Filocalia rediscovered Staniloae, mainly in university and pre-university education. ASCOR follows also defend the rights of young people and awareness of their duties they have towards Church, nation and family.

LSBG Galati - Galati Bessarabian Students League
Objectives:
a) the affirmation and promotion of traditional Roman spirituality among young people,
b) promotion of Bessarabia and educate young students their national spirit, democratic and pro-European,
c) creating a collaborative rapprochement between young Romans citizens Romania or from abroad,
d) support and stimulation to availability of all young people especially those with special skills or merit,
e) establishment of relationships between students based on democratic principles and other factors of the educational process.

Amicus Galati - Galati Student Association Amicus
Amicus Association aims to meet the specific needs of students and the promotion of moral values. Members of the Student Association Amicus can be students from any form of higher education, public or private: post-secondary schools, colleges and universities.

Galati ELSA - the European Law Students Association Galati
ELSA Vision: A world in which there is fair respect for human dignity and cultural diversity. ELSA Purpose: To contribute to legal education, to promote mutual understanding and social responsibility of law students and young lawyers.

LSG Galati - University Students League Lower Danube Galati
Established since 1990 but formal character Students' League from Galati supports and represents the interests and rights of students in relation to academic stakeholders locally and nationally, but also in relation to national trade union structures, the private sector and local authorities, from the educational, social, economic and cultural.

SSMG Galati - Galati Medical Students Society
Galati Medical Students Society was founded on 26 June 2009. The Association is a democratic organization and independent from any local or central authorities, political parties, trade unions, non-governmental organizations, foundations, religious organizations, educational institutions, and to any other natural or legal persons governed by public or Romanian or foreign private but reserves the right to maintain collaborative relationships with them, and the right to express the views of its members to any matter of public interest.

International students have to prove good knowledge of the teaching language (Romanian). If they cannot speak Romanian, they can register in undergraduate and post-graduate studies only after attending one Romanian language preparatory year or on the basis of a certificate proving Romanian linguistic competencies; during the preparatory year, the candidates will learn the necessary Romanian language vocabulary as well as the specific vocabulary needed for the future studies (anatomy, physics, chemistry, technical drawing etc.).

The duration of the preparatory course for pre-university and university bachelor degree studies is of one school/academic year, while for the master's degree studies, PhD. studies and post-graduate studies in residency is of at least 6 months.

Our first view of Romania was through the train’s window during the way from Budapest to Cluj-Napoca. We were amazed by the beautiful mountains and the small villages. After few hours in Cluj Napoca we took the train to Iasi and from there to Galati. The thing that impressed us the most was the big help from the strangers who mostly didn’t even speak English but did their best to help us – the situation we remember the best was when a woman that we asked about the address of an estate agency, called her daughter or niece to come because she didn’t speak English. We didn’t get the information anyway but this woman put us in maxi taxi and told the driver where to take us.
When we came to the university, it turned out that we are the only foreign students. We had classes in English, for example the semiotics course which we liked very much as it was more practical class than we have usually at our university. For the other course units, we were provided with bibliography and we had to write essays trying to adapt the topics to the Polish society and culture. One great thing about Erasmus is that it gives you the opportunity to travel. So we decided to take advantage of this, and we visited Romania. Within the university we got to know some friends who also helped us accommodate in the city (thank you Christina and Tiberiu).
As a first place to visit we chose Constanta and Mamaia. We spent there three days and relaxed after a long trip to Romania. We enjoyed empty beaches and fortunately still nice weather. We visited Ovidius Square and the Museum of National History and Archaeology. Although we enjoyed Constanta it didn’t impress us as much as Transylvania, where we went next.
At first we arrived to Brasov which represented the core of the Transylvanian cities for us. We really liked the city and its atmosphere with street bands and interesting architecture. We spent three lovely days and met very friendly people. What we enjoyed the most was visiting the Tampa hill and watching the city from there. Then we went to Sibiu, which is probably our favourite city of all we have seen. As we arrived in the evening, the beautiful lighted Old Market Square with Christmas fair has welcomed us. We were impressed by all three market squares and the great buildings, especially by the church built which reminds of Hagia Sophia. We have also visited Bran and Sighisoara which was pretty cool.
As a last thing we visited Bucharest. We must admit that the Parliament building is impressive from outside as well as from inside. We also liked the old part of the city with historical buildings. Apart from tourist’s attractions we also had fun in one of the best clubs in Bucharest where our friend took us – Club A.
Well, we have had a great time in Romania and we don’t regret our decision about coming here. Before Erasmus we’ve heard some stereotypes about this country, but only one of them turned out to be true – lot of dogs in the streets, but after a while we got used to it so it wasn’t a problem anymore. In the end, we are glad we had an opportunity to get to know Romania and we will try to change Romanian stereotypes in Poland.

Agnieszka Ferensztajn and Jacek Broda