International in Twente - Luca Marcello

07 / 09 / 2015 | Wahbe Rezek

More and more international students attend the University of Twente. Who are they? Why did they choose to study here?

Wahbe Rezek, a master’s student industrial design engineering and student employee at UT News, gives you a look behind the scenes of the everyday life of the international student community. In this series ‘International in Twente’, UT News brings you the story of an international student attending the University of Twente.

In this first episode it’s the story of international business administration student Luca Marcello. Luca is a genuine adventurer who loves to travel the world, but he’s also a real go-getter who learned to speak Dutch fluently in just three years.

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