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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Check out the Twee Heren (Typical erasmus pub on Tuesday night), Metamorfoos (happy hour from 01:00 to 02:00) and the Allebonneur.
It deserves to be mentioned the Carnival that takes place in the end of February. The whole town turns crazy for nearly a week.
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Housing
Type of housing: Students residence
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
More facilities, more comfortable
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Personal comments
They are unsufficient and badly equipped: no internet, no social rooms, very few tv channels...
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Languages
Language of instruction: Dutch
Was learning Dutch a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your Dutch?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I think I improved my english quite a lot. Now I feel more confident about my speaking skills.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
ABout nightlife and travel, it is obvious that whhen you are abroad there is a greater chance to socialize.
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Housing, Nightlife, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Academic
Course recommendations
Finance courses are the most time consuming ones but I think it compensates, because you learn a lot.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
They should perfectionate the PBL (problem based learning) approach.
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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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Overall
I wish I had known...
The local language: dutch
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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
Just that it keep doing things as up to now.
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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
Make up your mind and come up to Maastricht. It is such a lovely city that will never stop surprising you. It will make you feel at home sooner that you had thought.
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