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Université Paris IV Paris - Sorbonne
Université Paris IV Paris - Sorbonne, 1, rue Victor Cousin, 75005 Paris, France
4.00 / 5 based on 210 reviews.
Description:
Vous entrez à Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) : c'est l'héritière de l'une des plus anciennes universités du monde, la prestigieuse Sorbonne qui date du Moyen Âge... Mais, vous y entrez pour le nouveau siècle, le vingt-et-unième. Vous allez y trouver à peu près toutes les disciplines du secteur lettres et sciences humaines (en tous cas, le plus vaste champ proposé à Paris) : depuis le grec ancien et l'égyptologie jusqu'à l'ingénierie linguistique, en passant par la philosophie, la sociologie, les études de la plupart des langues et civilisations étrangères, les lettres classiques et modernes, l'histoire.....
75% of students recommend
210 reviews
13 5-star reviews of Université Paris IV Paris - Sorbonne
HOUSING
Personal assessment
Type of housing: With a family
Arranged by: Home university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why? My second semester in Paris, spent as an intern and an Internships in Francophone Europe program participant, I lived alone in an apartment which was far more conducive to my schedule at that time than living with a family had been while I studied at the Sorbonne. Different situations called for different needs.
Personal comments:
Living with a host could not have been more beneficial for my well-being. The woman I lived with was older, had grandchildren (whom I baby-sat and gave English lessons) and regularly hosted foreign visitors. She taught me how to knit, helped me understand the election process better, and connected me with her daughter and her daughter's friends who made me feel welcome in France. It was much easier to then transition into living on my own after spending my first few months in the care of a host. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
STUDENT LIFE
Personal social experience
Describe host city: Students equally interact with the local and student community
Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment Personal comments:
Never ever miss the 11e arrondissement's summer festival including performances and film screenings. I also loved most of the expos and splurged on a season's pass to the Pompidou Centre. Check out www.darwah-group.fr to know what's REALLY going on. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
ACADEMIC
My academic experiences
Course recommendations:
My courses were so challenging because they were niveau A and therefore centered mainly on literary analysis and language history and not so much on grammar and vocabulary. If you want to be in the Cours de Civilisation francaise and you want a well-rounded "education" make sure to follow the conferences on art history and literature because you are not guaranteed to have those disciplines emphasized in your language classes.
My opinion of the university assessment
Personal comments:
A host or home university should provide extra funding or better access to computers if students are unable to bring their own. I would have liked to have met more french students, however the international setting at this particular school of the Sorbonne was eye-opening and completely shaped my experience. The phonetics class changed my french forever. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
Language difficulties
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: At ease in most situations My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang) Personal comments:
A stay shorter than a year would have prevented me from becoming as nearly bi-lingual as I did while in France. Although I had relative fluency in the language before my departure, I still had mountains of work to accomplish to reach the level of french, written and spoken, that I now speak and this could not have been accomplished in the US. Before it was just a foreign language I happened to speak pretty decently, now it is a language I dream and write poetry in and express certain things in that can not be translated. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
EXPENSES
The accessibility of student needs
Main source of funding:
A private grant Other sources of funding:
Family Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience Personal spending habits:
In the US travel is expensive : airlines might offer reasonable rates, but the time you are away from work and studies is a factor in how "expensive" and inconvenient regular travel becomes. In France I found I could take a trip every month or so with the train, student discounts were abound, and hostels or budget traveling were simply more convenient to look in to. The telephone situation, well, if you buy a cell phone and use it without an "abonnement" then you're pretty much going to spend a lot of money. Telephone, Housing: was more expensive than at home. Food, Nightlife, Overall: was the same price as at home. Travel: was less expensive than at home.
Personal comments:
Most things in Paris of cultural value are free to students. See if the Sorbonne can't hook you up with a "histoire de l'art" student card (should be easy if you follow the conference) so that you can get into most private museums for free. Movies are cheap, alcohol is cheap, everything is pretty inexpensive, and if you are out of cash, just walk around. If you plan to be there a year, make sure to get an Imagine R card for the subway. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
OVERALL
Important to choosing this university...
I wish I had known...
I wish I had planned on just staying there permanently to avoid the challenge of now having to find a job abroad after being back in the States for so long. In my opinion:
I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.
During my experience abroad, I ...
Personal recommendation:
More selection of courses for students already fluent in French! FINAL COMMENTS
This wasn't the only meaningful travel abroad experience that I have undergone. It only happened to be the longest one, but living in France, combined with living in other countries, learning their languages and working on interesting projects has definitely shaped how I view my skills and what I have to contribute to various communities. You can't predict what these skills will be when you are abroad but once you've travelled and taken time out to immerse yourself in another culture, in another set of values, in other kinds of work, you WILL have skills, whether they be simply better coping mechanisms or the ability to translate medical documents in three languages, these skills give you a better understanding of the world. This review is the opinion of an iAgora member, and not of iAgora itself
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