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Campus

‘I really feel that I belong here’

It was a struggle for master’s student Giulia Bacchi to decide what career to follow. But she finally found the place where she belongs.

Giulia Bacchi: “When I saw the university I wanted to be here.” (Photo: Heather Montague)

“When the time came for me to choose a university, I was really thinking about design, thinking I would go to Politecnico di Milano. But my hometown has a really big shipyard and there was also a university close to home. I wanted to demonstrate that I’m not only good at drawing but I have a brain too so I went with nautical engineering. It was quite hard because I had never studied scientific subjects in high school.


‘It was quite a struggle to finish’


But I realised it was not a place I felt I belonged and it was quite a struggle to finish. It was really hard. I chose to stay in Italy to be closer to my family, but then, due to the loss of one of the most important people for me, I started to feel anxious. I had to work on why I was feeling anxiety and I went to professionals to talk about it because sometimes your family and friends can’t help. They taught me not to get stuck and that I could do whatever I wanted. I lost two years during that process. I thought about quitting the engineering degree even though I was doing well. But I decided to finish, if not for me, for those who believed in me.


Then I met my boyfriend who was doing his final project at TU Delft. I came to visit him here and I saw the university and I wanted to be here. And now here I am and I’m going to start my graduation project soon. I proposed a topic which is to create an application for strategic design for political changes. Basically, I would like to design something that will help people understand politics. I’m the first one to admit that when it comes to voting I don’t always understand what to do. I want to create something that is transversal because every country has its own issues and I have seen that there are lots of angry young students when it comes to the topic of politics.


When I finish, I don’t know if there will be a possibility for a PhD, but I would like to do one. I really feel that I belong here because it has made me happy about what I do.”


Who are the people who work and study on campus? We meet them in Humans of TU Delft.

Do you want to be featured in this series? Or do you know someone with a good story to tell? Send us an e-mail at 
humansoftudelft@gmail.com  


Heather Montague / Freelance writer

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