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Why I chose Germany for studying abroad?

So in this post, I'd like to talk about why made me decide to come to Germany for studying, my Master's degree, specifically. A little background of myself... I'm a Taiwanese having done my Bachelor's in Taiwan, and now doing my Master's in Aachen, Germany. My major is engineering-related. Actually, the idea of coming to Germany didn't come into my mind until the third year in my Bachelor's. At all times studying abroad sounded too "luxurious" to me, and that's mainly because when talking about studying abroad, most Taiwanese would firstly think about the US, and that's indeed fairly expensive (at least the tuition fee.) However, one day I walked by our university library and there was a presentation of studying in Germany, by DAAD, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (or "German Academic Exchange Service" in English.) I happened to be free and was thinking, "oh, interesting! Why not stopping by, it wouldn't hurt anywa