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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Off_Corso Night Club. The Poel and Reefers Coffeshops. The Market on saturdays.
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Housing
Type of housing: hall of residence
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: hall of residence
Why?
Because in that city I think it is the the best place to live in.
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Personal comments
They offer you several hall of residence with differents prices, and sizes and types... so, it was pretty good indeed. It was good
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Because at home I still live at my parents place and because in the host country the standard of living is higher.
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Food, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items

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Academic
My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
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Maria I
Overall
I wish I had known...
How much I would have to study at this University
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
The think I liked the most it was the environment with the other Erasmus students and the facilities of the University. The teachers were, most of them so nice.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
I travelled a lot and as Netherlands is not so big you can move easily. You must buy an one year travel card, it´s so usefull.
The best choise is the live in the International house or Casa Erasmus.
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
You can say that nobody learnt Dutch, but all of us improved are English a lot. It was easy to communicate with teachers, local students and even locals themselves. No communications problems at all.
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