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Universidad de Deusto (UD)

171 reviews
4.27 / 5 based on 171 reviews
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jorisvredeling
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
European Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
I like the freedom you have, linving on your own. I lived with 4 other guys and we had a great time. I might choose to live alone next time, though... depends on the situation I would be in (student, working, relationship(s) )
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Personal assessment
Cost
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Personal comments
The house was like a chalet. It wasn´t too big, specialy my room was small. The equipment was basic and the landlord seemed to still be building the house (he was always like "I´m going to do this, change that, blabla...") Living with the 5 of us was ok though.
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jorisvredeling
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
European Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities, Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Activities
Nightlife
Travel
Overall
Personal comments
none
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jorisvredeling
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
European Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family<br> Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Only difference is travel; Longer distances and in Holland I heva a free-travelcard for being a student.
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Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing, Food, Nightlife, Telephone, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
Administrative
Money from home
Personal comments
If you come to Bilbao, come at the beginning of September and look for your own place... The agency that Deusto offers you is ok, but it´s very easy to find something on your own.. For example through this website...
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jorisvredeling
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
European Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Academic
Course recommendations
Think twice before choosing Deusto if your not studying Law or Economics. I´m sorry to say so, but in the faculty of ´filosofia y letras´ many people were very disappointed with the courses offered. It was hard to find positive comments on that... Deusto is very different to other universities. At least, that´s what I founfd, in comparison to Amsterdam. There´s a lot of rules and regulations that are really hard to understand...
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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
pff... If I start to write here... Just a little example.. The library; You can take max. 3 books. Keep them for 8 days and if you want to extend them... you bring them back and wait for a day.. then you go back and pichk em up for another 8 days... If your 1 day late, your penalty is you can´t take any books out for the next 8 days... And you don´t enter inside the library either.. you look up the book you want in a computer, send a message to teh secretary, and she gets the book out of the library...
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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
Overall
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jorisvredeling
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
European Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Overall
I wish I had known...
Like I said before... If I had known about the university... which, I was told is one of the best of Spain..
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
4
Culture
3
Costs
1
Activities
2
Campus life
2
Party / people
3
Weather / location
2
Personal recommendation
Law and economics ok, ´filosofia y letras´: a lot to improve, but I´m sure they´re working on it.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
4
Traveled
3
Improved language skills
4
Met people from other countries
4
Became more independent
4
Partied a lot
4
Experienced a change in life
3
Advanced my studies & career
3
Final comments
Even though this report might not sound all to positive.. Just do it, you learn the same or maybe even more from negative experiences. I´m not saying that overall it was a negative experience, but some thing just weren´t as good as I expected. There´s always differences with your home uni.
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jorisvredeling
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
European Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Languages
Language of instruction: Spanish
Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my Spanish
How much did you improve your Spanish?
My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Social
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Personal comments
No probs for me.. I would have liked to learn some Basque though.. which wasn´t offered in the uni...
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