Reviews of ESADE Business School | Spain

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Marie-Hélène D

HEC Paris, Paris, France
Business Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Independently - My choice

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

the cheapest, the best for culture integration and for meeting other foreign students (share apartments)

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

Although the cleanliness could have been better, the location of my apartment was really good for being at the same distance from Esade and downtown. Moreover, Esade had no campus!

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Marie-Hélène D

HEC Paris, Paris, France
Business Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Student life

Describe host city:

Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

In Barcelona, and in Spain in general, the nightlife is well developed. People eat quite late (10pm) and go out later in the night. My favourite night spots were: the mare magnum, la oveja negra and the olimpic port.

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Marie-Hélène D

HEC Paris, Paris, France
Business Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Overall

I wish I had known...

that they were so many italians students, I would have learnt a little bit of italian language!

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

3

Culture

4

Costs

2

Activities

3

Campus life

2

Party / people

4

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

It is the most famous commerce university in Spain.

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

Take time to travel around the country! Spanish culture is very rich and diverse, it is a pure enjoyment!

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Marie-Hélène D

HEC Paris, Paris, France
Business Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Academic

Course recommendations

I was enrolled in the Cems Master courses, I had to validate 6 of them, that is to say quite a lot of them! I chose mostly marketing and human resources lectures, but they were all really good and enjoyable.

My academic experiences

Quality of courses

Variety of courses

Access to resources

Interaction with teachers

Interaction with international students

Interaction with local students

Personal comments

-

My opinion of the university assessment

Exams at end of course

Exams throughout the course

Essays and/or projects at the end of course

Essays and/or projects throughout the course

Overall

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Marie-Hélène D

HEC Paris, Paris, France
Business Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Languages

Language of instruction: Spanish

Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?

No, it wasn't.

How much did you improve your Spanish?

My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

My motivations for an exchange in Spain were to know more about spanish culture and improve my spanish. The courses were in spanish-castillan but the local life was in catalan (most of the time subtitled in castillan). Catalan people speak both castillan and catalan so, as they were noticing that we were foreigners, they spoke to us in castillan so we coud easily understand. In fact, my life in Barcelona was castillan!

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Marie-Hélène D

HEC Paris, Paris, France
Business Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Not specified

Other sources of funding:

none

Work opportunities:

Personal spending habits

There was a lot to see and do. Going in a foreign country is mainly motivated by the will to know the culture, so you have to go out more often than at home!

Food, Telephone, Housing, Overall:

was the same price as at home.

Nightlife, Travel:

was less expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments