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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Home university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
It's the best way for living an experience abroad. It's a good challenge to realize if you are able to share your life with people you don't know, in fact you have no idea who are you going to live with. And it's very interesting because you have the opportunity to get in touch with different habits of foreign people (both your flatmates and your neighbours).
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Personal comments
UCD's campus is great. It has a beautiful location and the apartments are very comfortable. You share your everyday life with your flatmates, but at night you have your own bedroom (that is pretty big), perfect for the privacy. Basicly it's like living in a house, but it's only few minutes away from classrooms.
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Travel, Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
What you can't miss in Dublin are pubs: there are so many, for every taste. But discopubs are also frequent, and usually have a free entrance. The best one? Zanzibar. The music is great, and the place itself is amazing. But remember that you should be 21 (sometimes they let you enter even if you are younger).
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Academic
Course recommendations
Most of the courses require a project, but don't be afraid. It's a good chance to find out what you have learnt in class.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
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...
Not really. It was nice to find out whatever I didn't know before leaving my country.
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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
It's a big university, well organized, and you'll meet lots of peolpe
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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
Be careful with beer
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant<br>
Other
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
In Ireland most of the things are more expensive than in Italy.
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Telephone, Food, Housing, Overall, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
At the beginning it has been a bit hard, but people were very kind. I always met people that helped me everytime I couldn't understand. And in university teachers used slides, so I have had little problems to follow the courses
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