The on-site, in-person academic journey across all joint degree programs recently started. Gone are the days of casually sitting in front of laptops while wearing sweatpants; those days ended for graduate students in the Global Business Master's program this semester. 15 PAC students began their studies on-site at the JKU. 35 students began the international start of the ACT program began on-site at the University of Victoria (Victoria, Canada): (10 JKU students, 9 NSYSU students, 16 UVIC students). The 8 JKU TROIKA students met their HSE classmates (10 students) and University of Bergamo (9 students) in Nizhny Novgorod (Russia). The JKU program management would like to wish all of the courageous students a good start to the 2021/2022 academic year and a smooth intercultural journey. Stay tuned for updates as the program continues!