Susanne Dietrich

As Exchange Coordinator and Study Abroad Adviser at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) in Germany, Susanne counsels local students on study abroad possibilities and manages international cooperation with partner universities. In 2010 she was also given the opportunity to implement an intercultural learning abroad programme for outgoing students. Having been raised in Thailand, Spain, Brazil and Germany, she developed her intercultural sensitivity at a very early age. After finishing her Master’s degree in communication science and intercultural communication, she worked as a freelance intercultural trainer and academic lecturer. She gained some experience counselling expatriate employees on adaptation and relocation topics and worked as an international project consultant at the German Federal Foreign Office before returning to her alma mater in 2009 to take up her current position. She is the Chair of the EAIE Expert Community Mobility Advising.