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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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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
Personal comments
Some people ignore student parties, while others ignore bars and clubs. For University residences, I recommend Hadiko; as for bars, Café Wien and Ludwigsplatz; clubs... Carambolage and Krokokeller
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
It's the best way to get to know your flatmates
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Personal comments
Though housing is seldom provided by this university, what they offered me was in pretty good shape and otherwise I couldn't have met "deeply" german people!
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Academic
Course recommendations
Improve your German before you go there
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
not at all, teachers ususally use to help exchange students
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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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Languages
Language of instruction: German
Was learning German a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your German?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Quite hard at the beginning to understand them because of the dialect they spoke. German used at the university was more "academic" so to speak, so as long as you know technical vocabulary should be no problem
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Overall
I wish I had known...
just wish it had lasted longer
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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
There may certainly be better universities with more intense Erasmus life, but at the end one loves it...
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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
The city is small, everything is reachable within foot or bike distance.
People there can be disappointing. Some locals are really nice, but some others do not show any enthusiasm for foreigners nor exchange students. Nevertheless, as usual, you hang out with international people and just a few locals.
Life in Karlsruhe is cheap, and due to its location in the very center of Europe, you can travel everywhere.
Nightlife is, in my opinion, good when you go to Student parties - clubs here are not Ibiza clubs...
Advice: though shared appartments are pretty cheap, in september there is a fierce competition to get one, when all the students arrive. Prioritize this aspect.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
In small German cities life is not as expensive as in bigger european cities
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Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Housing:
was the same price as at home.
Food, Nightlife, Overall:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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