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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Don't miss WINK where all foreign students meet, and STUK on Sundays!!!
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Housing
Type of housing: Cot, Belgian word for rented room in a house
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose:
Why?
Personal comments
I arrived very late so I didn't have much choice, it is adviseble to travel to Leuven before starting the course, in July for example in order to search for a good room
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Going out is considerably cheaper than in Madrid, You can have a lot of beer at a very good price
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Food, Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing, Travel, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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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
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Essays and/or projects at the end of course
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Overall
I wish I had known...
I wouldn't change anything of my experience there
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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
KUL is an excellent university and everything that happens in Leuven revolves around the students, I think it is the perfect place to go for a ERASMUS or a postgraduate program. I would do it again tomorrow if I had the opportunity!!
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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
Travel: Belgium has lots of beautiful towns, Brugge and Gent can not be missed. Paris and Amsterdam are very close. Trains are not expensive and very convenient, get a Go-Pass if you are under 26.
Go to "Pangaea" to have a coffee and meet the people over there.
Definetively: Rent a bike at Velo for all your stay.
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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: At ease in most situations
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Leuven has a very international atmosphere, English is spoken by everyone that lives there whether belgian or foreigner. It is possible to leave there without speaking a word of Dutch (the local language)
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