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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
The nicest place for a coffee & great and to relax: pois café, o café austriaco: alfama, right of sé (cathedral): rua sao joao da praca 95.
Lisbon is a quite big city and no "university town" - so of course there is not only student life. However, exchange students usually stick quite together.
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Personal comments
I found this apartment shared with other students through a list at my host university
winters in Portugal get cold because most apartments do not have heating.
Most other students also lived in apartments: I think it is a great opportunity to get an impression of the "normal" life.
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
At Faculdade de Economia, Universidade Nove de Lisboa courses are - in general - taught in Portuguese. However, most courses for exchange students aer in English.
This way, studying was easier for me - but of course my Portuguese would have improved much more if I had taken courses in Portuguese.
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Academic
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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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I worked, but it was illegal/cash in hand work
Personal spending habits
You will probably have a different life style (e.g. go out more)
Some kind of food (coffe, snacks, fruits..) and taxis are cheaper in Portugal.
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Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Food:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
UZO is a cheap mobil phone provider
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Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Good, internationally orientated but small school with "family atmosphere".
Be prepared to study! (quite mathematical economics)
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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
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