Reviews of Universidade do Porto | Portugal

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Mihael B

University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Engineering, Computer, Graduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Activities, Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Contagiarte - Rua Alvares Cabral, 372 , near Praca da Republica. They have two floors with different music styles and a large garden outside. They mostly play rock, reggae, brazilian,latino music.

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Mihael B

University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Engineering, Computer, Graduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

More freedom than in a campus.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

I really can't complain about anything, I suppose than some things could be better but it's good enough this way too.

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Mihael B

University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Engineering, Computer, Graduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning English a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my English

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

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)

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Considering the Portuguese language, at first it was very difficult to understand anybody, but by the end of the semester I could understand more or less anything. Speaking was a bit more difficult but you can learn the basic very fast. Almost all of the students (local and international) speak English, so if you know English you'll be ok.

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Mihael B

University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Engineering, Computer, Graduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

Try to check in advance if the course can be held in English, since their web page doesn't provide information about course language for all courses. Professors usually answer to the emails with questions about their courses so fell free to send them one.

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

The only thing which should be improved is the level of interaction with local students which was very low.

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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Mihael B

University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Engineering, Computer, Graduate, 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

Housing is more expensive than in Croatia.

Overall, Housing, Nightlife, Travel:

was more expensive than at home.

Food:

was the same price as at home.

Telephone:

was less expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

none

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Mihael B

University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Engineering, Computer, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

Not really, if I knew everything in advance it would be boring :).

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

2

Activities

2

Campus life

2

Party / people

2

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

The university is great and you won't regret if you chose it.

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

3

Experienced a change in life

3

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

Try to learn a few portuguese phrases before you go, travel is quite cheap so when you have free time (and you should have a lot of it) explore Portugal, it's a beautiful country.

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