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Student life
Describe 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
Personal comments
Night spot: Sal a sol (small disco, great music), and the whole quarter of chueca can be great fun.
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
more independence than with family. Campus is far away from city center and I prefer to stay near the center.
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Personal comments
some students do live on the campus but as the university is in Getafe, you might miss a lot of Madrids nightlife. And living on the campus is quite expensive. So it might be better to look for rooms in Madrid although it takes you more time to university.
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Languages
Language of instruction: German
Was learning German a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
my spanish improved a lot as I was living with 3 spanish guys. I would hardly recommend to look for appartments to be shared with spanish people, as on university you deal mostly with other erasmus students.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
I travelled a lot more than I do in Austria, and of course Nightlife was much more intense... not much more to say here ;)
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Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Overall
I wish I had known...
The climate in Madrid was quite surprising. Summer didn't start before June and until that time it was freezingly cold. But when summer finally started I would have prefered the cold weather... you can't stand that heat!! Should have taken with me more cloth for winter-weather, however.
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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
University is ok, teachers are quite nice, only disatvantage is that it is in Getafe, but connection by bus is no problem.
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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
Try out everything, travel a lot, Spain is great!, enjoy the food (and the food prices on the market, especially for fish and seafruits!), enjoy the nightlife and don't get stressed from the crowds of people on the streets..
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