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Università degli Studi di Siena

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4.14 / 5 based on 204 reviews
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anonymous
Umeå Universitet, Umeå, Sweden
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Erasmus
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Becauseb I need my independency!!!!
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Personal assessment
Cost
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Personal comments
Far to expencive, pretty uncomfortable and huge dispointment not having the possibility of having your own flat.
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anonymous
Umeå Universitet, Umeå, Sweden
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Erasmus
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Activities
Nightlife
Travel
Overall
Personal comments
I frequented bars 7 nights/ week! Mostly Casa del Boia or Il Pozzo.
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anonymous
Umeå Universitet, Umeå, Sweden
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Erasmus
Overall
I wish I had known...
That my field of studies was not stisfying.And that Italy was expensive+ difficulties in finding accomodation.
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In my opinion:
I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
2
Culture
4
Costs
2
Activities
4
Campus life
1
Party / people
4
Weather / location
4
Personal recommendation
If you want to have fun- GO! If you also want to improve in your studies- go if you study banking & financing.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
4
Traveled
2
Improved language skills
4
Met people from other countries
4
Became more independent
4
Partied a lot
4
Experienced a change in life
4
Advanced my studies & career
3
Final comments
This was my best period!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I recommend everyone to go abroad. And Italy is my home!
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anonymous
Umeå Universitet, Umeå, Sweden
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Erasmus
Academic
Course recommendations
Regarding my field of studies, management & marketing, the level was extremly low.
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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
Better interaction and interst from professors/university.
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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
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anonymous
Umeå Universitet, Umeå, Sweden
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Erasmus
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: Did not speak it
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Social
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Personal comments
I had the wonderful opportunity to learn a new language through the socialcontext, not so much the academical.
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anonymous
Umeå Universitet, Umeå, Sweden
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Erasmus
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Family
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Because Italy is as expensive as Sweden and sometimes even worse. Our loan from the government were smaller thou Italy was still consider a low-cost country. Plus that I spent far more time and money on social life activities!!
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Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
Administrative
Money from home
Personal comments
That Italy is as expensive as Sweden.
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