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4.14 / 5 based on 281 reviews
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Johan O
Student lifeDescribe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Activities
Nightlife
Travel
Overall
Personal comments
There are several nice pubs, FitzPatricks was my favorite. The cafés at place de la comedie are nice as well, and they are impossible to miss.
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Johan O
HousingType of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: With a family
Why?
To get the chance to speak french every single day.
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Personal assessment
Cost
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Personal comments
The university is quite small and therefor didn't have very many offers to give us exchange students as the french students already lived in those rooms/appartments. You had to find housing on your own more or less.
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Johan O
LanguagesLanguage of instruction: French
Was learning French a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my French
How much did you improve your French?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Social
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Personal comments
Most french people speak nothing but french so you got to speak french when speaking to them. This was good though because it forced me to speak and listen to french being spoken a lot.
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Johan O
ExpensesMain source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
nightlife was more expensive, we have studentprices at bars and nightclubs at home, there weren't always studentprices at the bars in france so I spent more there. Concerning housing, I have an expensive flat in sweden and managed to find a roommate to share my rent in france so it ended up lower then at home. I spent more on travel in france as well because I hade friends doing their erasmus at other french cities so I went to visit them, in sweden I have my friends at my university so I hardly ever travel.
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Travel, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Housing, Food:
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
electricity is expensive! It is easy to get housing aid from the french government, apply at www.caf.fr(you have to have a place to live before you can apply!)
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Johan O
OverallI wish I had known...
which courses at university given that were good and not
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
3
Culture
3
Costs
1
Activities
1
Campus life
1
Party / people
1
Weather / location
4
Personal recommendation
Try to integrate french and foreign students more.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
3
Traveled
3
Improved language skills
3
Met people from other countries
4
Became more independent
4
Partied a lot
3
Experienced a change in life
2
Advanced my studies & career
3
Final comments
It does get quite cold in the winter even though Montpellier is in southern france so bring a winter jacket!
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Johan O
AcademicCourse recommendations
Skip the NTIC, a computing course I found worthless regarding that it is a business school, I didn't feel I would have any use of the knowledge in my professional life.
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My academic experiences
Quality of courses
Variety of courses
Access to resources
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
none
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My opinion of the university assessment
Exams at end of course
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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