January 7, 2012
IMARS program has been a great academic experience for me. IMARS has been what I expected — a creative environment with motivated fellow students (both Russian and foreign), high-quality teaching and basic facilities for research (library and computers). I consider my year at IMARS to have been a substantial leap forward.
One of the most important functions of the European university (from my perspective) is the constant stream of foreign and Russian guest-lecturers and visitors. Each of the courses has given me analytical tools (in the shape of theories and facts) that constitute concrete skills that I have used not only in the area of Russian Studies. I especially appreciate the solid historical background given in each course. There are of course no such thing as a perfect organization, a perfect university, or a perfect workplace. But, I think the potential of the university and IMARS is very good.