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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
Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
There are son many places in Brussels to enjoy the nightlife, it depends on your preferences anyway for my experience I can say Delirium and discos like Redline,Le you and Spirito Martini.
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Because It was a very useful experience for me.On one hand sharing the appartment with people from other countries and knowing different cultures and languages and on the other hand knowing myself and developing house and life skills.
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Personal comments
It was an amazing experience, I had the opportunity to know and learn in the "École Polytechnique" and "Solvay Business School of Management" and meeting people from Belgium and other countries due to the open city.
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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: Did not speak it
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
It was very nice because brought me the possibility to know and to dominate one important language.
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Academic
My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
It was what I needed, more professional oriented than in Spain, so I am very happy to have had the opportunity to study more tehcnical things in Spain and more professional things in Belgium
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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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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
Because It is normal to spend much money living out of home and moreover to rent an appartment in Brussels is more expensive than my country home
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Food, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
The expenses related with the electricity, water and heating
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Overall
I wish I had known...
No, It is an opportunity to learn about everything
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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 good university and only try to take and enjoy the best as academical as social.
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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
I hard recommend to do this experience and to know the culture of the other countries. Try to solve appartment things before arrive there.
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