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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Bars. Pavia had good bars where we would go by night or doing "l'apperitivo": Safará, Broadway, Porta Nuova... and the open air discos like Molino della Frega. very good!
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Personal comments
Pretty good for a short experience as mine was. But I would try to find an apartment if I had to stay longer since in "Collegio" I had to share my room. The lack of privacy is a huge disadvantage if you have other habits than your room mate. Besides that I missed having a kitchen! Eating in canteen everyday isn't so healthy and going to restaurants a pretty expensive solution. All the rest was cool. Specially the place itself: very beautiful and very well located. And the girls were very nice (it was a girls residence).
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Languages
Language of instruction: Italian
Was learning Italian a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your Italian?
My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I really enjoyed learning italian. I just love the ability to communicate so learning another language was wonderfull. I had the opportunity to read a lot, go to theatre, movies... It felt really good broked the language barrier and finally felt tottaly integrated. I eaven had the opportunity to learn the different accents for each region.
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Academic
Course recommendations
Didn't find them very exigent. Maybe because I was a foreign student... Liked the seminars during Marketing course.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Yes. More projects! The courses aren't very difficult and therefore you tend to feel too relaxed about them. Some projects throughout courses would help learn more and get more interested.
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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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Expenses
Main source of funding:
A private grant
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
The prices in Italy are way bigger than in Portugal! Besides I had expenses there I don't have at home like accomodation and international calls.
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Food, Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
None. I knew I would spend more in Italy.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
More detailed information about the courses.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Think more about the student community. Pavia's University has very expensive facilities even for the italian students.
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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
I loved my experience. But I found Pavia a very "bourjois" town where not everybody can live well. From canteen meals to nightlife, everything is expensive wich makes people stay home. Despite the University, Pavia isn't the university town I would imagine.
But "l'Italia è bella"! and I had the opportunity to travel a lot and get to know it well and just loved every little detail. In the end, I would have done it all the same!
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