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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities, Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
razzmatazz on wednesdays, apolo on mondays, sutton on thursday, opium on friday or saturday... i could be going on and on, there is a huge and amazing nightlife in bcn! you will never have time to study
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Because in Barcelona most exchange students use this way of accomodation, and not student residences. You are more indepent this way
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Personal comments
there is a good service BHSS (barcelona housing service for students) where you can find many ads, but i would recommend arriving there and looking for an apartment then!
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Languages
Language of instruction: Spanish
Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your Spanish?
My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
There are courses in spanish, catalan and english
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Overall
I wish I had known...
just go!! you absolutely won't regret it
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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
Be careful when choosing your courses! Take some time to study for the final exams, I had two hard weeks at the end because of that.
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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
BCN is the best place to do your exchange program, I had the time of my life there and it was freaking awesome, I would do it again and again! It is the most amazing city.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Family
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
mobile phone plans are awful in barcelona when comparing to portugal. my housing arrangement was a bit expensive, but it is easy to find cheaper ones if you take care of that sooner than later
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Food, Telephone, Housing, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife, Travel:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Drink at home before you go out!
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Academic
Course recommendations
be careful when choosing your courses, some are suddenly unavailable for exchange students and others are in catalan (urban economics, financial economics and economic theory are accessible)
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Interaction with international students
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