Reviews of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) | Spain

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bencleaver

Warwick University, Coventry, United Kingdom
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

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

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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bencleaver

Warwick University, Coventry, United Kingdom
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: Spanish

Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?

No, it wasn't.

How much did you improve your Spanish?

My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Found that life outside university became more important, difficult to integrate in university. Madrid was great though, amke the most of all opportunities, not just those present at university.

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bencleaver

Warwick University, Coventry, United Kingdom
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

difficulty in finding accomodation- some tips regarding this would have been useful.

In my opinion:

I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

2

Culture

3

Costs

3

Activities

3

Campus life

2

Party / people

3

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

do not go into halls, but try and look for acomodation very early.

During my experience abroad, I ...
(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

3

Advanced my studies & career

2

Final comments

enjoy madrid, meet as many new people as you can, get stuck in. beware of spanish banks. Go to Cadiz

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bencleaver

Warwick University, Coventry, United Kingdom
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Other sources of funding:

Family

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

food cheaper, telephone-phoning home, travel-trains reasonably expensive, nightlife- went out more, some places cheaper some more expensive, housing- cheaper but had to pay for twelve months up front

Telephone:

was more expensive than at home.

Nightlife, Travel, Overall:

was the same price as at home.

Food, Housing:

was less expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative