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Svetlana S
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Every day of the week had it's special place to go (for international students).
Mo - Sally O'brines (Irish pub)
Tu - Reggae concert (life music)
We - Comedy cafe
Th - Molly Malones
Fr - &Zo or Vera or Drie Gesusters
St - &Zo or Vera
Su - Home sleeping
Also you can always go to a huge pub Drie Gesusters, which is located in the city center, in Grote Markt. Whenever you go there, always people, nice music, Beer 1,5€ :)
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Svetlana S
Housing
Type of housing: International Student House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: International Student House
Why?
You meet a lot of new people immediatelly after you arrive at the International Student House. Really warm atmosphere.
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Personal comments
There is an International Housing Office in Groningen, which provides accomodation for foreign students. If you get lucky you get a good room from an International student house. Rents are not cheap in Holland. It's better to live less than 5km from downtown and your faculty.
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Svetlana S
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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Absolutelly everybody speak English in The Netherlands. Even old people. There was no communication problem at all. Courses at the university were in English, all teachrs were able to speak English. You can survive perfectly without knowing Dutch language.
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Svetlana S
Academic
Course recommendations
Most of teachers can speek good English. Courses are easy. You don't have to do much to pass the exams.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Don't miss project meetings or couchings. Buying and reeding course books was not necessary to pass a course.
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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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Svetlana S
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
I had to buy a prepaid SIM-card, which is not that cheap. Normally if I travel in Finland, I don't have to spend nights in hostels, I know how the system works, I know where to eat or drink out. When you travel in a foreign country, it's not always that cheap.
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Telephone, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Food, Housing, Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Svetlana S
Overall
I wish I had known...
can't think of any
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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
They could let international students to choose courses they would like to study.
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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
travelling by train in Holland is a bit pricy, but you can buy a discount card, than it's gonna be 40% cheaper. Very important: apply for accomodation as early as possible, than you have more chances to get a nice room for a reasonable price. If you choose to live in international student house, apply for Moesstraat. It's definetelly the best place to live (location, social life, cost of rent).
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