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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: students appartment not on campus
Why?
Nice to live, cook and have fun with more students t
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Personal comments
It's very hard to find accomodation in Cologne, so the help from university was super. Cologne is a pretty big city, so they really tried to find you a good location as well. I was really satisfied!
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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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
Personal comments
Best discos; Tiefenrausch, Nachtflug, Hemingways
Bestafes; Magnus, Klein Koeln, Zuelpicherstrasse
Not to be missed; Carnaval!!!!! New Year
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Overall
I wish I had known...
No, everything is very well organized at the university.
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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
It would be great when a greater variety of CEMS courses could be offered
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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
Bring or buy a bike; make sure you live in the university area or inner city; try to live in a students appartment; go out a lot, the nightlife is great; do a CEMS business project in German; go atleast to Muenchen and Berlin, but travel more when possible; make German friends, not only ex-change students; buy a prepaid cellphone card!
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Academic
Course recommendations
CEMS courses are smaller classes and thus better to follow, especially in the beginning when your German is not yet very good. One month before semester starts you can follow german language courses for free at the university!
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
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: Basic phrases
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
In six months you can really learn a language. Some extra months would be helpfull in learning to speak it fluently
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
A private grant
Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
Government assistance
An ERASMUS grant
A private grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
You do a lot more than at home and with the feeling: 'you're only studying abroad once' you're bound to spend more
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Food, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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