University of Silesia - US (reviews)

I study at the specialization “Music in Multimedia” in the Institute of Music. The Institute is not in Katowice. All the students of any music specializations are studying in the city of Cieszyn. That’s a cozy little city/town at the border near the Czech Republic.

I like that in Music in Multimedia we have a lot of freedom. And it’s good because we are composers and we need that freedom. It means that nobody says that our music is “bad” or “good”. Teachers just say what we can make better in this or that context.
But sometimes there can be too much freedom. It means that I don’t feel motivated to do some great job, because nobody will actually notice it. And also we have some musical equipment at the school but we cannot use it.

Although we can change the study program. Our propositions are valuable to the teachers.
The students here are friendly.
The school is kinda international but not that much. It could be better.

If you show the desire to become a good composer and you always improve yourself in that field someone (teachers, headhunters) might notice you and it’ll be good for your future career.

The University of Silesia has a lot to offer. There is a strong likelihood that the knowledge you acquired at the university will prove to be useful in your professional life. I know it from personal experience.

Of course, the impression you get is a sum of several factors. The situation may differ, depending on, for instance, one’s faculty. Mine is Business English and the classes are held in a very modern building and there are three cafeterias (the food is cheap and tasty). What I like the most about the Department of Philology is that we often organise various extracurricular events – such as Chinese Day or charity book sale.

However, one has to bear in mind that the departments are located in different parts of Katowice, or even outside the city. It can be a nuisance. What I don’t like about my department is the class schedule – it is a mess. Sometimes we have a three hours break, or there is only one class on Monday and five classes on Tuesday. However, this is a characteristic feature of only some of the departments, due to the high number of students.