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4.18 / 5 based on 64 reviews
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Government assistance
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Because at home it´s my regular life and I have to study and work a lot, I don´t have time to go out all the time or travel. In Madrid it´s different, because I was thinking all the time, I´m only here for half a year and I have to enjoy every time I havee here
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Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Don´t go and buy your food at Corte Ingles, that´s the most expensive you can do, it´s cheaper everywere else, sometimes half the price, it cost you a bit more effort, but you save a lot of money
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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: Basic phrases
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
The hardest thing was in the beginning attending classes, my resong to go to spain was to learn to speak better spanish. But the university expected us to be fluent already and that was really hard. The best way to learn a language is to be in the country where they speak it, it´s hard in the beginnein. But you hear it all day and then you get used to it and after one month you really start learning
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Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
It´s a small university, so you won´t get lost soon
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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
There are a lot of student travelagencies if you want to travel, it´s a lot cheaper,
Come alone, it´s hard in the beginning, but when you know people, it´s so much more fun
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Academic
Course recommendations
The level of the courses are lower than at my home university, althouhg I follow courses here in the 4th year being a 3rd year student
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
I think my host university should organise more for the international students and they except that everybody is fluent in the spanish language and that we can keep up with the panish students, although the level is not really high it´s hard to follow the classes, because it´s in really fast spanish
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My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Bashline on wednesdays, this changes to another environment in the weeknds and it´s called Ohm,
Velada Hall, small, but the music is oke,
Kapital, one of the biggest clubs, 7 floors, everything you want!
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
in this way I have my own independency
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Personal comments
First I lived with 8 other students, that was not really great, but the location was in the middle of the centre. Now I´m living with 2 spanish girls, outside of the centre, but we have an own apartment now and it´s much better
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