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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Activities, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
This is a perfect city if you like to go out and meet people form all over the world. Plus, you have all kinds of bars and clubs with all kinds of music. You hust have to choose. If you like rock and indie, don't miss Potemkin
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose:
Why?
Personal comments
It's quite easy to find a place to live in Salamanca because the offer is just huge. You should share a flat with spanish or foreign people since this is the best way to make friends. In the first semester I wasn't so lucky and ended up living with a crazy spanish girl :( I moved then, to this centric flat with awesome flatmates
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Academic
Course recommendations
In most faculties you have plenty of time to choose your courses. You can actually attend classes before choosing them.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
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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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
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Unlike some other countries (Including my own), the local language and the instruction language are ALLWAYS the same! This is an excelent advantage. Anyway, being native portuguese is not that hard to learn spanish.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
Surprises are allways posite
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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
You will love it. It will be a complete and unforgetible experience
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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
Enjoy the opportunity to travel in Spain (it's not very expensive).. And remember that Salamanca can be very cold in the Winter and extremely hot in summer (It goes from -8 to 38).. Since April, Plaza Mayor becomes PLAYA mayor. Have fun
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Food (in restaurants) is a bit more expensive than in Portugal. As for the rest... I just went out more and traveled more than i did back home.
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Food, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Housing:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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