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Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel (EHSAL)
Stormstraat 2, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
3.89 / 5 based on 1098 reviews.
Description:
Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel (HUB) is the result of a merger between three Brussels-based university colleges and one university. As such, it has become a multifaceted institute of higher education. We offer the best of both professional and academic worlds, e.g. excellent student counselling, a well-developed research culture, an analytical approach, business-oriented ways of a school of economics.
87% of students recommend
1098 reviews
1098 Language reviews of Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel
by Manal, Fachhochschule Osnabrück, Osnabrueck, Germany
Business Studies, Erasmus
Language difficulties
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction.
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't. Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my knowledge 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) How much did you improve your local language?
My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang) My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang) Personal comments:
The good thing is that my country has 2 local languages, Dutch which i speak not at all and French which i speak pretty well. But the problem is that at school is everything in Dutch even the things which are concerned for the Erasmus students are in Dutch. Our coordinator comunicated with us always in English but most of the papers written by the administration was in dutch and we were really struggeling some times because we didnt know if some courses were deleted or replaced or something else. I think this has to be improved, because it must not be expected from Erasmus students to speak Dutch. Everything that is concerned for them should be in English. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
 
by simona, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy
Political Science, Erasmus
Language difficulties
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction.
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't. Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my knowledge How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang) How much did you improve your local language?
My level before: Did not speak it My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.) Personal comments:
Ik hou van nederlands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the onluy problem I had was in the beginning, when i enrolled for Frans III: the class was composed only by flemish people and me... The problem was when I had to make a presentation with three of them...we coulnd't understand each other... but, fortunately the 2nd semester made me understand theese three (especially 2 ugly -in all senses- girls!!!) where peculiar cases... my other mates were really nice and we could talk also in dutch many times...i went 0out with a girl also...with all other international students of course no proble, because also of the fact that we were all in the same situation. However, With some people I made really close relationships... from all over europe and not only .. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
by Rasa, Universitetas Vilniaus, Vilnius, Lithuania
Management Science, Erasmus
Language difficulties
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction.
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't. Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my knowledge How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations My level after: At ease in most situations How much did you improve your local language?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.) My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.) Personal comments:
courses were in english so no problems at all. university staff and profesorssors also have spoken english, ao no problems in the academic communication. outside the university people use french and dutch, the later i cant speak and actually didnt need that at all. i could speak french, so it was quite easy to communicate in daily situatios. actually, a lot of belgians speek english, so i didnt have problems related with language at all. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
by Farhat, HES Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Marketing and Sales Management, Erasmus
Language difficulties
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction.
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't. Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my knowledge How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations My level after: At ease in most situations How much did you improve your local language?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.) My level after: At ease in most situations Personal comments:
In Brussels the most spoken languages are flemish and french. Becaus eof the fact that flemish is more or less the same as dutch, i faced no problems communicating. I tried to speek french and managed to improve my french as well. At the uni everybody speeks english so that was no problem at all. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
by Federico, Università degli Studi di Roma - La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Marketing and Sales Management, Erasmus
Language difficulties
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction.
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my knowledge How much did you improve your English?
My level before: Basic phrases My level after: At ease in most situations How much did you improve your local language?
My level before: Basic phrases My level after: At ease in most situations Personal comments:
I improved a lot my English even if most lecturers were not native English speakers (except one). As other students are in your same situation you don't feel unesay when you speak English. Even when you habe a talk with dutch students (who are very good in English) they make you at easy. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
by Alix, ESC Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Business Studies, Erasmus
Language difficulties
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction.
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my knowledge How much did you improve your English?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.) My level after: At ease in most situations How much did you improve your local language?
My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang) My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang) Personal comments:
The language of my host country is the same that in my born country. So I have any difficulty for the daily life. In my university mot of student speak english or dutch. So I could improve my english during this year.But I couldn't speak with dutch student (most of student!) This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
by Viktorija, Universitetas Vilniaus, Vilnius, Lithuania
Business Studies, Erasmus
Language difficulties
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction.
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my knowledge How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang) How much did you improve your local language?
My level before: Did not speak it My level after: Basic phrases Personal comments:
As Belgium has two official languages it is even more difficult, because I don't know any of them. On average, some misunderstanding appeared quite often in public places. In university no problems occured, as mostly everybody speaks very good English. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
by Robert, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Informatics, Independent
Language difficulties
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction.
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my knowledge How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang) How much did you improve your local language?
My level before: Basic phrases My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.) Personal comments:
I came to learn French. However, most people spoke English or wanted to so I ended up not improving my French very much. There was a large presence of Italian students So now I am learning Italian and will move there soon an hopefully become fluent. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
by Sedat, Uludag university, Bursa, Turkey
Business Studies, Erasmus
Language difficulties
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction.
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my knowledge How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations My level after: At ease in most situations How much did you improve your local language?
My level before: Did not speak it My level after: Basic phrases Personal comments:
Brussels is a biligual country. That's why if you know French or Dutch it would help you in daily life and of course in education. But if you know English you can face with some little difficulties but no more than this. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
by spezzino, Universita di Parma, Parma, Italy
Financial Management, Erasmus
Language difficulties
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction.
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my knowledge How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang) How much did you improve your local language?
My level before: Did not speak it My level after: At ease in most situations Personal comments:
The english experience has been perfect, studying throughout one year economic texts it gave me the technical vocabulary I lacked.Now I am also able to recognize different accents of foreigners in english. I had the opportunity to learn french, being brussels french/dutch speaker. I studied it first at EHSAL, then I took a 120 hours course at Universitè Libre de Bruxelles, obtaining a diploma. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
by Karin, Fachhochschule Hof, Hof, Germany
Business Studies, Erasmus
Language difficulties
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction.
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my knowledge How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang) How much did you improve your local language?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.) My level after: At ease in most situations Personal comments:
French I knew before and Dutch I had a crah and a follow uo course. That was quite helpful. As all courses and all administration was in English I had no problems. On the streets my French did very well. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
by Linda, Åbo Akademi, Turku, Finland
Business Studies, Erasmus
Language difficulties
Language of instruction: Swedish
Local language was: Different than language of instruction.
Was learning Swedish a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my Swedish Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my knowledge How much did you improve your Swedish?
My level before: At ease in most situations My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang) How much did you improve your local language?
My level before: Basic phrases My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.) Personal comments:
The courses were held in english which does not presebt a problem for me. Brussels is of course french and flemish. I had some courses and a sufficient knowledge of the languages to get around This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
by Monika, Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland
Business Studies, Erasmus
Language difficulties
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction.
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my knowledge How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang) How much did you improve your local language?
My level before: Did not speak it My level after: Basic phrases Personal comments:
I am especially glad of my English skills improvement. The stay here was a good opportunity for me to gain new business vocabulary and to become more fluent and confident when using it. the other hand the stay here was a good occasion to learn something new for example to start learning French which I am going to continue back in Poland. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
by martino, Universita di Parma, Parma, Italy
Financial Management, Erasmus
Language difficulties
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction.
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my knowledge How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang) How much did you improve your local language?
My level before: Did not speak it My level after: Basic phrases Personal comments:
for me that was my first experience abroad and the first time I spoke in other languages, and I've improved for sure my english because of my erasmus student life....but also my franch. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
by damla, Uludağ Üniversitesi, Bursa, Turkey
Business Studies, Erasmus
Language difficulties
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction.
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my knowledge How much did you improve your English?
My level before: Did not speak it My level after: Did not speak it How much did you improve your local language?
My level before: Did not speak it My level after: Basic phrases Personal comments:
It was not a problem, because Brussels is a international city, many of the foreigners know English, in the public places its impossible to communicate in Engilsh, that's a real crap! This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
by semih, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Economics, Erasmus
Language difficulties
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction.
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my knowledge How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations My level after: At ease in most situations How much did you improve your local language?
My level before: Did not speak it My level after: Did not speak it Personal comments:
because the erasmus lessons were in english in the school and because Brussels is very cosmopolite and most of the people know English i didn t need ti learn local language This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
by Emin, Ankara Üniversitesi, Ankara, Turkey
Economics, Erasmus
Language difficulties
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction.
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my knowledge How much did you improve your English?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.) My level after: At ease in most situations How much did you improve your local language?
My level before: Did not speak it My level after: Basic phrases Personal comments:
Belgium is speaking 2 different languages and it´s a little bit hard to learn a language. Because sometimes you meet a person who speaks only French but no English. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
by Javilopez5, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
Business Studies, Erasmus
Language difficulties
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction.
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my knowledge How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations My level after: At ease in most situations How much did you improve your local language?
My level before: Basic phrases My level after: At ease in most situations Personal comments:
Although my English was rather good before going to Brussels, i noticed improvements on it, as it was the language used by international students and our courses were in English. Although the language of the host university was Flemish, most of us preferred to follow french lessons. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
by bessis, Euromed Management, Marseille, France
Marketing and Sales Management, Erasmus
Language difficulties
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction.
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my knowledge How much did you improve your English?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.) My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang) How much did you improve your local language?
My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang) My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang) Personal comments:
i speak already french, I learnt a few words of flemish, and I improved a lot my english through the teaching and through time spend with erasmus friends This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
by Hoang Phuc-Mi, Haute Ecole ICHEC -St Louis- ISFSC, Brussels, Belgium
Business Studies, Erasmus
Language difficulties
Language of instruction: Dutch
Local language was: Different than language of instruction.
Was learning Dutch a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my Dutch Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my knowledge How much did you improve your Dutch?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.) My level after: At ease in most situations How much did you improve your local language?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.) My level after: At ease in most situations Personal comments:
I didn't speak a lot with local students. It was more through AIESECer's. I got some difficults at the beginning but It came after some days. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
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No problems.
I coped pretty well.
Sometimes it was difficult.
It was a constant struggle.
