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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities, Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Cafe Shamrock!!!!!!!!!!
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Housing
Type of housing: Guesthouse Campus (not on University Campus)
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Guesthouse Campus
Why?
Best place to get to know the other exchange students.
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Personal comments
The UM Guesthouse is a campus of 3 buildings with tennis courts and a basketball court! Only negative point: it is also partly a hospital.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
Spanish language
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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
If you want to work and study in an international environment, that's the place to be!!!!
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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
Look out for train offers, if you want to travel!
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Academic
My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Grading should not depend that heavily on taste of Tutors.
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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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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Corporate language of Universiteit Maastricht is English. No problem to communicate with Dutch university staff or with locals in general. Every Dutch seems to speak English perfectly.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
A private grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Prices for food and beverage higher than in Austria.
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Food, Housing, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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