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4.22 / 5 based on 158 reviews
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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
all the bars in the Alta, including Bigorna, Piano Negro, Shmoo, etc.
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
more privacy than in the dorms where one usually has to share a room
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
in my home country, i live with parents so the expenses for food, housing a telephone are almost none at home.
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Food, Telephone, Housing, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
too much fotocopying and eating out at the traditional course dinners; buses and trains are quite expensive even with the student discount
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Academic
Course recommendations
some courses just doesnt exists, the process of enrolment is quite confusing, to much of byrocracy
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
some of the courses are of low quality but so is the general knowledge of some student :)
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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...
pretty much nothing, it wasnt my first time living in portugal so more or less i knew what to expect
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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
in comparison with other european universities i wouldnt rank it so high, especially the quality of the courses
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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
travel as much as you can, portugal is beautiful and you can still choose to have the final evaluation which means you dont really have to go to classes and study everyday.
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Languages
Language of instruction: Portuguese
Was learning Portuguese a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your Portuguese?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
since i arrived in portugal with good knowledge of portuguese and since there were many other internation students, i didnt come across almost any difficulties concerning the language and communication
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