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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
Mondays at night in Sally O'Briens (Irish Pub) the best place for knowing students, The Tree Sister in the Grote Mark(Main Square of Groningen) a good cafe place.
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Housing
Type of housing: International Student House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: International Student House
Why?
It's the best way to know people and other students.
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Personal comments
The only problem I have found is that there is not much communication between Dutch people and foreign students. It's a pity. My resident is very big, it's better a smaller International Student House. At the begining, I though that I would be more keepping in touch with native people but it hasn't been like this.
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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: Did not speak it
My level after: Did not speak it
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I haven't learnt much Ducth language, but there isn't any problem for communication, Ducth people speak very well english and all the Students speak english amoung us.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
Personal spending habits
Study, I study less than in Spain, but here when I have to study I do it harder in a half time. In Spain I lose more time with family, friends, public transport, etc. Here I saved more time that I can manage for other activities like sports, meetings, etc.
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Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone, Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Overall
I wish I had known...
Something more about my project here for having brought some books from my home institution in Madrid.
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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
I would recommend for example, for Erasmus Programme Students (my case), with no classes, only with final projects, is difficult to communicate with local students because most of us do the projects alone. It's different when you assist to classes in a course. I would do more meetings or activities amoung international students and local student for one bigger integration of all of us.
Also, I would ask that there were more information in english please, although I know that in my home institution the problem in that way is worse.
I would promotion more travel between students through the University because you can get more discount, and it's easier to meet people. I have traveled in some of this trips but with the IBS, not with the informatics students.
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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 think that one of the objetives of the Erasmus Programmes and International Study Courses is to know the countries and the culture of the host countries. So, It should to promotion more travel trips.
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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
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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