Reviews of Heriot-Watt University | United Kingdom

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flonante

Florida Universitaria, Valencia, Catarroja, Spain
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Student life dominates the city

Activities, Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Obtaining the Yellow Card, you will be able to buy pints of a pound! at Tron on wednesday. It is full of erasmus students. I also recomend Hoogshead and El Barrio on monday. gaia on thuesday . Establisment on Thrusday, potterrow on friday and Spionage on saturday. edinburgh has a great night life but you must know where to go each day beacuse there are great offers. Furthermore don´t miss Frankenstein, it is wounderfull but expensive.

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flonante

Florida Universitaria, Valencia, Catarroja, Spain
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: On campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

It´s very close to the lectures, there are lots of facilities, (washing machines, internet of free 24h. , shops, pubs!!!) And it is full of students!. There is also a quite good bus service to go to the city center

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

I was living in a flat inside of the campus. Great! it is the cheaper option, and if you manage to find good flatmates it is definitely the best option.

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flonante

Florida Universitaria, Valencia, Catarroja, Spain
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

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: Basic phrases
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Scottish accent is quite strong. at the beginnig is common not to understand it . Don´t worry, finally you will find quite easy to understand english or irish people

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flonante

Florida Universitaria, Valencia, Catarroja, Spain
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Other sources of funding:

Family
Personal savings

Work opportunities:

I didn't want/need to work

Personal spending habits

Going to ASDA will safe you lots of money. Heriot-Watt telephone cards are also quite cheap. And thanks to ryanair, easyjet , air-scotland or flyglobespan the travel are cheap.

Food, Housing, Nightlife, Overall:

was more expensive than at home.

Telephone, Travel:

was less expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

none

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flonante

Florida Universitaria, Valencia, Catarroja, Spain
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

how difficult is to find a flat in the city center. and how many facilities the university gives you to life on campus.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

4

Culture

4

Costs

2

Activities

4

Campus life

4

Party / people

4

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

this is a wounderfull place to go!! I strongly recommend it

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

Renting a car on enterprise is the best way to visit the highland. Go to isle of sky wounderfull landscapes. Very very cheap fly tickets to visit london or amsterdam, it really worth it.

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