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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Because in this way, you have the opportunity to meet other people than only students
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Personal comments
The university had no own campus, but the tutors(Spanish students) helped us to find some appartment. This was very good arranged. Within 1 day I had an appartment which I had to share with two other persons.
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Cordoba is a small town. It has got two main night clubs. These are Zaira and Qu. I personnaly prefered little dancing bars in the neighbourhood "Ciudad Jardin". A lot of Spanish music and the dribks are very cheap. Women always go in for free. Another tipical thing about the Cordoban night life is the "Botellones". A botellon means that all the youth(including exchange students) go and buy some liquors in a night shop and then they meet each other in certain streets, where they stay until 2-3 o'clock in the morning. This is really nice on a warm summer night.
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Academic
Course recommendations
The University offers all kind of courses, but my personal experience is that the courses were not that difficult.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
The exams they gave on the end of the course were very poor. Sometimes they gave you only two poor questions on your exam for a whole book. That did not work as a motivation for me.
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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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Overall
I wish I had known...
No, not really. When you decide going to abroad, you should always consider that things are not going as they do in your home country.
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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
Go to the University of Cordoba. You will learn a lot. It is an experience you will never forget.
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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
Be open for the local people and culture. In my opinion you have not been in a foreign country when you did not get to learn the culture.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Life is very cheap in the south of Spain, but I traveled and went out more than I usually do. That is why spended a lot of money during my exchange year
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Telephone, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Housing, Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Take you own bank account with a Spanish bank and buy special telephone card to phone abroad. Please do not forget to bring your identification card of being student. They give you many reductions.
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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: Basic phrases
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
In the beginning it was very difficult to communicate and to understand the courses. After 2 or 3 months, everything went better. At the end, I did not have difficulties anymore in any area.
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