ESNbuddy is a project that aims to assign an incoming international student with an ESNbuddy who is a local student willing to help an exchange student to get up on their feet in their first weeks in a new country.

Are you an exchange student coming to Croatia?

Did you know that ESN started as one big ESNbuddy programme? Our goal was to help international students with their first steps in our hometowns. ESN is the first contact you have with your Erasmus country, and it is a trusted organisation supported by the universities all over Europe, as well as in Croatia. You will get a chance to have someone that will help you with accommodation if needed, someone who can show you around the city, someone to introduce you to all the best places to visit and to see, someone to introduce you to all the activities that your local ESN section organises. In return, you will get a friend for life.

How can I get an ESNbuddy?

In order to meet your new local friend, you have to apply via Papaya - an ESN matching system - once the applications are open in the beginning of the new semester (August/September and December/January).

Jesi li lokalni student u Rijeci?

Ako ti pomaganje internacionalnim studentima koji dolaze živjeti i studirati u Rijeci zvuči privlačno, prijavi se za naš buddy program kad otvorimo prijave početkom semestra pa ćemo te povezati s internacionalnim studentom, ovisno o području koje studiraš i tvojim interesima!