University of Glasgow

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Make a trip to the islands on the west coast of Scotland!

Sometimes I had problems to understand the Scottish people but at the university I did not have any problems.

Did not receive any information from the University of Glasgow on how and when I should apply for the university accomodation. In the beginning of August 2002 I called the Accomodation Office and the International Office at the University of Glasgow and they told me that I should have applied for university accomodation before the end of July 2002. They told me to send my application by fax and I did that. Started to call the Accomodation Office every week and finally they found a twin room for me. I had to share the room (big!) with a Spanish girl. At first I was a bit nervous about sharing a room with a person that I did not know but everything went fine and we never had any problems with each other. The student appartement was for four persons and a Chinese girl and a Brittish girl was also living there. The house was an old beautiful victorian house and it was close to the university.

Glasgow is full of nice pubs. A student association arranged pub nights for international students every thursday. The same association also arranged a lunch every thursday for international students. Trips in Scotland was also arranged quite often. The university had good sports facilities at the campus;swimming pool,squash,gym,aerobic,step,boxing, circuit training etc several times a day. And all this for only 20 pounds a year! There was also a lot of different students associations, for example the Mountaineering Club, a Diving Club etc.