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4.19 / 5 based on 136 reviews
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
However it's quite difficult to say that one place is better than another because my point of view is subjective. But if you go to nijmegen you have to go there during the festival of the city, otherwise you can go to bascafé for the cocktail's nights, merleyn because of the good music, o'shea's for good beers and exchange students and odessa because of the live jazz bands
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Because i would like to enjoy again to live with people from diffenrent nationalities
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Personal comments
There was no problem concerning housing in nijmegen as far as the host university housing service was providing everything before we arrived there.
And as we were living something like 70 students from all over the world at the same place we all enjoyed a lot our time there
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Overall
I wish I had known...
time is running out faster than i thought
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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
great teachers, great facilities, great administration and a lot of fun!!!
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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
start to enjoy as soon as you arrive, don't miss any trip, nijmegen is in the center of europe, you can easily go to germany, france belgium, england, denmark, poland...
learn dutch and live the experience as if tomorrow would be the last day...
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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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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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
This experience made me improve my english level, i learned dutch as well, i practiced my german, and i learned some spanish and italian
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Government assistance
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Telephone, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing, Travel, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Food:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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