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University Of Sevilla
Contact: +34 954 551049 (Int'l Office)
Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Universidad de Sevilla, C/ S. Fernando, 4, 41004 Sevilla, Spain
4.24 / 5 based on 438 reviews.
Description:
El embrión de la actual Universidad de Sevilla fue el Colegio de Santa María de Jesús, fundado por el Arcediano Maese Rodrigo Fernández de Santaella en las postrimerías del s. XV. Ya en el siglo XVI (1505), una bula del Papa Julio II otorga al Colegio la facultad de conferir grados en Teología, Filosofía, Derecho, Medicina y Artes; y en 1551 el propio Concejo de la ciudad traspasa a la fundación de Maese Rodrigo, la Real provisión que concedía un Estudio General, por lo que aquélla pasó a ser oficialmente la Universidad, gozando de todos los privilegios de las demás Universidades del Reino. De los Estatutos de 1621 se desprende que la Universidad de Sevilla se componía de cuatro Facultades: Teología, Canones y Leyes, Medicina y Artes, y otorgaba los grados de Bachiller, Licenciado y Doctor en todas las Facultades, junto con el de Maestro por la Facultad de Artes.
89% of students recommend
438 reviews
Universidad de Sevilla review by Inge
Review by Inge, Hanzehogeschool, Hogeschool van Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Marketing and Sales Management, Erasmus 
HOUSING
Personal assessment
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why? We are all here for the same thing; to get international experience. I live here with international students (Spanish, German and French student) and get to know different cultures. I really like it here and know you really notice the small differences between cultures and you learn how to adapt to strange situations.
Personal comments:
Unfortunately, the University of Sevilla does not arrange housing for international students. I really had to search a room/apartment for myself. This was tuff but through calling a lot and after two weeks I found a great room in a student apartment. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
STUDENT LIFE
Personal social experience
Describe host city: Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment Activities, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment Personal comments:
The Spanish people eat there evening here around 10 o'clock and most of the time in nice and cosy tapas bars. So, first when you go out you eat something at a tapas bars. After that till around 2 or 3 o'clock in the night you go to a bar to drink something and around 3 o'clock the real nightlife starts here. Only in the summer everybody is drinking in the open air within groups and bringing there one drinks. This is called here a bottellon. Nightlife clubs are here a lot and Antique, Orange and Caramelo are the only ones I have seen till now. These are really great and open till 8 in the morning. Unfortunately, I am not studying here from March till July because then in Sevilla and in Andalusia there are the big cultural parties. Example are: Feria of Sevilla, Semana Santa and the Carnaval of Cadiz. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
ACADEMIC
3.0 / 5
My academic experiences
Course recommendations:
My opinion of the university assessment
Personal comments:
none This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
Language difficulties
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: Basic phrases My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.) Personal comments:
I have had Spanish for 1, 5 year at my home University and it was basic when I went to Sevilla. During the 5 months stay in Sevilla it became every time a little bit better. There were especially in the beginning some struggling points where I found it really hard to understand and speak Spanish. This was not always even pleasant but I in the last month there are is a lot of improvement. Now I can understand Spanish and even Sevilliaans good. Written is also basic to good, but my weak point is speaking Spanish. The people understand me and know what I say. So, I can express myself after 5 months but unfortunately it is not totally correct Spanish. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
EXPENSES
The accessibility of student needs
Main source of funding:
Government assistance Other sources of funding:
Family Personal savings An ERASMUS grant Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options Personal spending habits:
Going out for dinner is here cheaper. You often only pay 1 euro of 1.50 for a beer or a wine. For 10 euro per person you can go out for dinner really good. He housing is also less than in my home country. I rent my room now from an agency and than you pay a little bit more but still about 40 euros cheaper than in my home country. In nightlife clubs you pay the same amount for a cocktail or beer. The daily groceries are here more expensive than in my home country. This is mainly because of the small choice. Food, Travel, Overall, Telephone: was more expensive than at home. Nightlife, Housing: was the same price as at home.
Personal comments:
I did not had any cost-savings or finacial surprises. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
OVERALL
Important to choosing this university...
I wish I had known...
I wanted to have known that it would be so tuff to learn the exams in Spanish. My Spanish is basic to good and even for students with good Spanish language skills it is really hard to pass their exams. For fluent speaking students is already easier to read the study books and to get everything in the class. For me this was really a problem. Reading the study books in Spanish was really hard for me. It took me a really long time and in comparison with your exams in the home country you have to put like 4 times as more time and effort in the exams to pass them. You learn a lot from studying in Spanish and my vocabulary is bigger now but I find it tuff to really study in Spanish. Further one I do not have anything I wanted to know before hand. I rather want to find everything out myself and experience new things. In my opinion:
I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.
During my experience abroad, I ...
Personal recommendation:
The university has to spend more time on the personal being of the student. There are a lot of students went home because they did not get any information about the school and how everything goes around here and did not meet other students because they did not knew anything about parties or trips. I would recommend them to have in the first week an introduction week and in this way the international students can get to know each other and the city. These introduction periods have to arrange by the Spanish students so that the international students straight away get to know some Spanish students and in this way get to know the culture and the city better. In my home university we have a introduction like this and all international students really liked it. I hope next year the University of Sevilla will also pay more attention to this. FINAL COMMENTS
If a student is going to in Sevilla and needs a room, contact Roomates. This is an agency that looks for a room for you and you can before you go to Sevilla already email them. Their internet site is http://www.roomates-sevilla.com/ This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
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