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Université Laval

137 reviews
4.16 / 5 based on 137 reviews
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Luca A
Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Engineering, Graduate, master
Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities, Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Activities
Nightlife
Travel
Overall
Personal comments
Campus Café. Is inside the Desjardins Building and it's always crowd of people.
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Luca A
Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Engineering, Graduate, master
Housing
Type of housing: With a family
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: With a family
Why?
I found a nice family and I had the chance to know better the customs of the people.
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Personal assessment
Cost
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Personal comments
none
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Luca A
Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Engineering, Graduate, master
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Social
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Personal comments
English inside the campus and French in my free time. I knew english pretty good but I didn't speech a word of french. At the end I refined my english and I get started in french.
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Luca A
Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Engineering, Graduate, master
Academic
Course recommendations
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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
none
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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
Overall
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Luca A
Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Engineering, Graduate, master
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
Canadian$/EUR has a good exchange rate...and for travel canada is well organized with very cheep bus tour
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Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
Administrative
Money from home
Personal comments
none
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Luca A
Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Engineering, Graduate, master
Overall
I wish I had known...
about the problem between english and french canada
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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
3
Culture
3
Costs
3
Activities
3
Campus life
3
Party / people
3
Weather / location
1
Personal recommendation
Take many heavy clothes
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
4
Traveled
4
Improved language skills
4
Met people from other countries
4
Became more independent
3
Partied a lot
3
Experienced a change in life
3
Advanced my studies & career
4
Final comments
If u like the see and you like also to sky Quebec is the perfect area. An Ice-cold temperature for 8 months but Caraibi at 4hours of flight
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