“The exchange only starts when you return from Germany.”

Aurick Chatterjee is a business student, software entrepreneur and chairman of the German Club at the University of Melbourne. The 19-year-old Australian explains how he was able to go on a student exchange in Germany as a SAGSE scholar and how his host parents treated him like their own son.

SAGSE exchange student Aurick Chatterjee has found a second home with his host family in Wolfsburg.

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Aurick Chatterjee (centre left) and William Richter (centre right) were like brothers. Credit: privat

Aurick's former classmate William Richter was also involved in the German Club at the University of Melbourne. The two learned German together at school and were close friends. William tragically lost his life in a car accident last year. Aurick created the website https://willrichter.org/ in his honor.