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4.14 / 5 based on 187 reviews
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Nicolas M
Ecole des Mines de Nancy, Nancy, France
Physics, Undergraduate, Erasmus
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
Activities
Nightlife
Travel
Overall
Personal comments
West Street, Juice at the Union on Wednesday Night, Cafe : Interval
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Nicolas M
Ecole des Mines de Nancy, Nancy, France
Physics, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
The best is to share an accomodation with other students, like that you have the spirit of the studies in UK
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Personal assessment
Cost
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Personal comments
I was in a hall of Residence called Earnshaw, really good facilities : LAN Internet, Bar, Laundry Room. The bad point is if you want to work, it's quite hard because of all the freshers around ...
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Nicolas M
Ecole des Mines de Nancy, Nancy, France
Physics, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
EXPENSIVE COUNTRY FOR A STUDENT, now i understand why so many students take a loan over there
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Food, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
Administrative
Money from home
Personal comments
none
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Nicolas M
Ecole des Mines de Nancy, Nancy, France
Physics, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Academic
Course recommendations
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My academic experiences
Quality of courses
Variety of courses
Access to resources
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
none
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My opinion of the university assessment
Exams at end of course
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
Overall
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Nicolas M
Ecole des Mines de Nancy, Nancy, France
Physics, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Overall
I wish I had known...
The cost of the life.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
4
Culture
3
Costs
3
Activities
4
Campus life
3
Party / people
3
Weather / location
2
Personal recommendation
Develop the politic of communicatiopn, it's really nice place to discover, but need more advertising.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
3
Traveled
4
Improved language skills
4
Met people from other countries
4
Became more independent
4
Partied a lot
3
Experienced a change in life
4
Advanced my studies & career
4
Final comments
From France, now there is low cost prices directly to doncaster-Sheffield Airport, only 30 min away by train
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Nicolas M
Ecole des Mines de Nancy, Nancy, France
Physics, Undergraduate, Erasmus
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: Did not speak it
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Social
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Personal comments
Really hard to integrate the university life at the beginning but after a while you get used to it.
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