Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Independently - My choice

If returning, I would choose: With other students

Why? Because that way I would have been able to reduce the costs

Personal comments:
Living on a campus ( kollégium) is not possible to foreign students, so basically you have to find an apartment by yourself but help is also available from the people who deal with the foreign students. Every week there is also availabel a magazine called DéliApró which covers almost all the available apartments for rent. You can also keep an eye on the notece boards because there the Hungarian students usually advertise if tehy need a roommmate.

Describe host city: Student life dominates the city

Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

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

Personal comments:
Oh wow...I had never thought I would enjoy Erasmus Nightlife, being a quite introvert person...but the group was so good that even I couldn't miss our parties and nights out... The places were so cosy, we mainly were at Jate or Szote, I preferred Jate though. I didn't like a place called Gin Tonic, mainly frequented by Medicine students, it was a bit posh and I didnt like the music. The real even for me were the monthly 80s party at Jate and Black Factory Club at Colibri, on this parties my favourite musci was played (electronic,80s,dark...Depeche Mode mainly!) and it was just an amazing feeling I don't want to ever forget. In Szeged I learnt how to enjoy partying, sometimes I would have partied less but I just couldnt help following the other lovely Erasmus in their adventures... An extremely important experience in my life in terms of social relationships

Course recommendations:
At the Hungarian Studies department you learn a lot about Hungary, its past and culture.

Personal comments:
none

Language of instruction: English

Main source of funding:
Government assistance

Other sources of funding:
Family
An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work

Personal spending habits:
The price level is so much lover!!! The apartment was of a lot higher quality than the on I have in Finland, and the rent was still cheaper. I went out a lot more and travelled more than I do back home, but the costs are so much cheaper than in Finland, that I spend far less money!

Telephone: was more expensive than at home.

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

I wish I had known...
Hm that I was going to turn into a sociable being... then I would have chosen less courses to follow!!! More seriously, I wish we had been told in advance that accommodation in dorms wasnt available...We found out only when we were there that we all had to look for flats, no choice... That's ok, but we didn't expect it!!!

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