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Université des Sciences et Technologie de Lille: Lille I (USTL)

USTL, International Relations Office, Bâtiment A3, Cité Scientifique, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France, Lille
3.62 / 5 based on 114 reviews.
Description:
The University of Lille was founded in 1562 by the Spanish and became French in 1667. Louis PASTEUR became the Science Faculty's first Dean in 1854, which was to become the "USTL" in 1971, located in the campus in Villeneuve d'Ascq.
The USTL is a public university directed by a President, elected for five years by different university Management Committees. He is advised by a 20 member management team who are responsible for the USTL's activities. The final decisions are made by three committees: the Administration Committee, the Scientific Committee and the Committee of Studies and University life.


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78% of students recommend
114 reviews
Housing
3.3/5
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Student life
3.6/5
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Academic
3.5/5
 4 stars (90)
Languages
3.9/5
 3 stars (12)
Expenses
3.7/5
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Overall
4.2/5
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“To traveling with students is good to take a car for more persons to go to visiting country, to the common cities like paris we can go easly by train (its good to buy card for reductions..depend from region or universal one for ex. 12-25) but in other cases like Normandie or Bretagne is better to go with friends its always more fun and we can share the costs.” Read Review
Pesia, Poland

Université des Sciences et Technologie de Lille: Lille I review by Paulina

Review by Paulina, Akademia Ekonomiczna, Krakow, Poland
Environmental Sciences, Erasmus
HOUSING    
Personal assessment
Cost
KEY:
Couldn't have asked for more.
Pretty good.
Could've been better, but didn't lessen the overall experience.
Disappointing.
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why? I would like to have flatmates, it could permit me to have more various social life, of course an apartment should be situated in the center of the city it gives more opportunities to make life more easy and happy
Personal comments:
I was happy to have my own room but i was disappointed that there was no place to meet with other students, even it could be simple for example a kitchen to prepare meals together, there was no place to organise any events (like birthday or barbeque)there was always problems with noise and security,on the campus there were students restaurants opened for lunch and for dinner but nothing more...oh maybe i forgot about one automatic shop:)One of advantage to live there it was this that university was very close concerning lacation of campus-by metro it was 15 minutes from the center of city.
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STUDENT LIFE    
Personal social experience
Activities
KEY:
Amazing! Hardly had time to study.
Plenty to do when I had the time.
So-so.
Did not get involved.
Nightlife
Travel
Overall
Describe host city: Students equally interact with the local and student community
Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal comments:
flat of friends in the centerand than all the discos on solferino and massena street also good places in Vieux Lille,dunkerque carnaval, day of the music and a lot of others
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ACADEMIC       3.5 / 5
My academic experiences
Quality of courses
KEY:
Fantastic.
Pretty good.
Could've been a bit better.
Disappointing.
Variety of courses
Availability/access to resources
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with other international students
Interaction with local students
Course recommendations:
duration of cousres is to long for me, in my country a theoretic cours was never longer than 135 minutes,concerning laboratories everything was good, i liked also the possibilities to visiting factories in the program of studies



My opinion of the university assessment
Exams at end of course
KEY:
Liked it.
It was alright.
A bit annoying.
Didn't like it.
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course.
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
Overall
Personal comments:
yes for example some of teachers should give more policopies with prepared cours (notes) and they shoul make only explication of it,it was annoying to make note everything fast during 4 hours of cours!!

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Language difficulties
Social
KEY:
No problems.
I coped pretty well.
Sometimes it was difficult.
It was a constant struggle.
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Language of instruction: French
Was learning French a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my French
How much did you improve your French?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Personal comments:
In comparing to others students i was speaking already french langage , on the beginning it was not easy to study n this language but with the time of three monthsa i could hear compliments from french friends and teachers that i have improved my languages skills, now after one year i can speak with selfconfidence
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EXPENSES    
The accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
KEY:
Very easy.
Minimal effort.
Accessible but required effort.
Almost impossible.
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
Administrative
Money from home
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits:
It´s simple France in compare to Poland is more expensive country.
Food, Travel, Overall, Housing: was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife, Telephone: was the same price as at home.
Personal comments:
Yes, big surprise when somebody stolen money from my bank even if i had still my creditcard with me, it was a lot of problems to get money back but after 2 month i received them back so is always better to have 2 accounts in case of problems with one,
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OVERALL    
Important to choosing this university...
Academic reasons
KEY:
Very Important.
Important.
Not really important.
Unimportant.
Culture
Costs
Activities
Campus life
Party / people
Weather / Location
I wish I had known...
we are going to know evrything on the place because everything is changing,
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!



During my experience abroad, I ...
Became familiar with another culture
KEY:
Happened all the time.
Happened quite a lot.
Happened a bit.
Didn't happen.
Traveled
Improved language skills
Met people from other countries
Became more independent
Partied a lot
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies/career
Personal recommendation:
to propose to erasmus student residence in the center of the city,with internet connection!



FINAL COMMENTS

To traveling with students is good to take a car for more persons to go to visiting country, to the common cities like paris we can go easly by train (its good to buy card for reductions..depend from region or universal one for ex. 12-25) but in other cases like Normandie or Bretagne is better to go with friends its always more fun and we can share the costs.
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