Type of housing: A room with other internationals "container"

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why? I like to have everything in order and clean. However I´m use to all kinds of accomodations, sharing rooms or bymyself.

Personal comments:
It was a special place for the international students, use to call them "containers". The place was terrible, but my room was pretty good. The other 18 students and me shared the living room, kitchen, showers and toilets. We were in charge of the cleaness of the place and sometimes this make it kind of difficult. The noise was quite a lot but with communication everything work out pretty good. It was the best experience in my life. The university was 5 min by bike and that make the place really expensive, one thing for another.

Describe host city: Students equally interact with the local and student community

Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal comments:
Everything start in the "container", cool people from all the world, our living room was the reunion point for the other "containers". Then the Grotte Mart, 10 mn by bike...the best, "three sisters", Enzo, Sally´s ... a lot of cafe´s, icecream stores, the Martini Tower. Groningen is beautiful, clean and save. The Dutch people are very friendly and excelent host, no discrimination, happy people everywhere and educated. There where a lot of trips organized by the University with afortable prices, in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. I went in one to Rotterdam and to Berlin. The best!!! I have friends, good friends all over the world.

Course recommendations:
No, everything was productive, and the interaction with the teachers help me a lot in my projects and personal development. The courses were teach with actual information, cases, presentations.

Personal comments:
No, they know what they are doing and our needs as well.

Language of instruction: English

Main source of funding:
Family

Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings

Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits:
Food, is usually cheaper, like the vegetables and fruits, because most of them are not imported. Telephone, I didn´t use it. Housing, I don´t pay rent (family house). Nightlife, is paid by me not like in Mexico where the gentleman are the ones who pay (most of the time). Travel, is easier to travel in Europe and the countries are really close, so is worth it.

Food, Travel, Nightlife, Housing: was more expensive than at home.

Overall: was the same price as at home.

Telephone: was less expensive than at home.

I wish I had known...
That I didn´t want to come back to Mexico. (jaja)

In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!