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Universidad Santo Tomás, Bucaramanga, Colombia
Engineering, Graduate, Santo Tomas Unviersity - UPV exchange program
Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
All kinds of pub. The Banana´s night club was the most visited place with my friends.
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Universidad Santo Tomás, Bucaramanga, Colombia
Engineering, Graduate, Santo Tomas Unviersity - UPV exchange program
Housing
Type of housing: A room exchange
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: A room exchange
Why?
Confortable and low cost
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Personal comments
A brand new experience carrying out a cultural exchange with those persons that you live with in in a favorable atmosphere for it, and also for studying.
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Universidad Santo Tomás, Bucaramanga, Colombia
Engineering, Graduate, Santo Tomas Unviersity - UPV exchange program
Languages
Language of instruction: Spanish
Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Al principle is a little dificil to relate and communicate with persons that live in a different culture to yours, in my case the Spain culture, a new social environment and a new academin system. But after some time I began to understand the new "norms" of contact and to value a great deal more the new conceptions that this new culture can contribute to my life and also in professional career.
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Universidad Santo Tomás, Bucaramanga, Colombia
Engineering, Graduate, Santo Tomas Unviersity - UPV exchange program
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Other
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
Because at home my family was my only economic source.
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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
Buy what you really need.
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Universidad Santo Tomás, Bucaramanga, Colombia
Engineering, Graduate, Santo Tomas Unviersity - UPV exchange program
Overall
I wish I had known...
Yes, to had the oportunity to apply in schoolarship programas for doing a MS degree.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Continue toward the same direction giving the opportunity to foreign students of changing its perspectives of life.
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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
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Universidad Santo Tomás, Bucaramanga, Colombia
Engineering, Graduate, Santo Tomas Unviersity - UPV exchange program
Academic
My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
To create more investigation groups focused in the new technologies.
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Exams throughout the course
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