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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Erasmus parties are the best way to know people. Also, in Louvain-la-Neuve the nightlife takes place in the "cercles", little bars of the different colleges. Due to it's location, Belgium is in a great spot to travel. I must go to Luxembourg, Germany, France and The Netherlands. Also, you must travel around Belgium. The have special student train pass, called "go pass" that makes a lot cheaper to travel.
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
We had our own space and could recieve r friends as often as we wanted to.
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Personal comments
Very good. As far as i know, al the Erasmus student had a room before arriving to Belgium. That is very important because you feel safer.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
Things are more expensier in Belgium than in Portugal.
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Food, Telephone, Housing, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
There were at the time some cheaper supermarkets (ALDI).
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Academic
Course recommendations
Make sure you will be allowed to go the the courses you've chosen. You must speak fluent french to take most of them. As far as I know it depends on what your studying. In Commu (Communication) they were very strict about it.
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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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Overall
I wish I had known...
That i wouldn't be able to take the courses i wanted to at first. That way, i would have improved my french so that i could have taken those courses.
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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 is a very good university, but veru strict. You must speak french fluently because in most courses the exams are in french.
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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
When you first arrive go to Kot Erasmus. There you'll find a group of students that help Erasmus students on their first days. You can even sleep there the first nights. Most likely you'll find other Erasmus students in the same situation. You'll make your first friends right there. Also, arrange your housing with the University as soon as you know you'll be going there, otherwise it will be more and more difficult.
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Languages
Language of instruction: French
Was learning French a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your French?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I had only everyday knowledge of french when i arrived. But all my courses were in french and also my exams. So i had to learn it. But it was a very positiv experience and by the end of it i was at ease with it.
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