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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Vrije University, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 Hv Amsterdam, THE Netherlands
3.86 / 5 based on 174 reviews.

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89% of students recommend
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3.5/5
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4.4/5
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Academic
4.0/5
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Languages
4.1/5
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3.1/5
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Overall
4.4/5
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“Amsterdam is a pretty cool place to visit. You'll be surprised of what you'll find out here and pretty sure you'll missed it!!!” Read Review
anke711, Indonesia

174 reviews of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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HOUSING    
by UNKNOWN, Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e Empresa, Lisbon, Portugal
Management Science, Erasmus
Personal assessment
Cost
KEY:
Couldn't have asked for more.
Pretty good.
Could've been better, but didn't lessen the overall experience.
Disappointing.
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why? Because I would be in constant touch with the other Erasmus Friends and closer to the centre and University.Unfortunately, they hadn't any place available for me,yet,I have stayed with some erasmus people.Though, I loved the place where I lived,because I took the best out of it,I tried to have typical dutch habits like going to the market and riding my bike from the Univ to my house.
Personal comments:
It is very good to have someone responsible in finding us acommodation, though they just garantee us a place one week before, therefore we never know if we actually will have a placement or not.
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STUDENT LIFE    
by UNKNOWN, Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e Empresa, Lisbon, Portugal
Management Science, Erasmus
Personal social experience
Activities
KEY:
Amazing! Hardly had time to study.
Plenty to do when I had the time.
So-so.
Did not get involved.
Nightlife
Travel
Overall
Describe host city: Students equally interact with the local and student community
Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities, Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal comments:
Amsterdam is an "international city", you can find EVERYTHING...you can meet ANYONE!There were very nice spots, such as Scape ( for who likes house music and dance until the sun rise), leidsplein is a great place to have dinner and museumPlein is THE PLACE if you are in a cultural mood. One of my best memmories, was the Museum Nacht, one special event, where you buy a ticket and during on entire night, you can visit all the Amsterdam's museums and travel by boat from one to the other. Amazing!
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ACADEMIC    
by dewi, Parahyangan University, Bandung, Indonesia
Law, International, Independent
My academic experiences
Quality of courses
KEY:
Fantastic.
Pretty good.
Could've been a bit better.
Disappointing.
Variety of courses
Availability/access to resources
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with other international students
Interaction with local students
Course recommendations:
My courses was ok but the teachersometimes not really friendly,I had a very tough time when i did my thesis..oh Gush,I almost gave up whivh i did not!!Anyway, at my graduation day i step on in front and gave some critizises to the university board cause sometimes they put announcement eg: for exam etc too late



My opinion of the university assessment
Exams at end of course
KEY:
Liked it.
It was alright.
A bit annoying.
Didn't like it.
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course.
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
Overall
Personal comments:
Put more qualitive teachers and good courses, providing more sources in the library and give a student an internship opportunity providing by the university!!!!

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LEARNING ENGLISH    
by dewi, Parahyangan University, Bandung, Indonesia
Law, International, Independent
Language difficulties
Social
KEY:
No problems.
I coped pretty well.
Sometimes it was difficult.
It was a constant struggle.
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction.
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English
Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my knowledge
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
How much did you improve your local language?
My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
Personal comments:
The most difficult thing is that I live in international student flat where thare was no dutch student and since all my courses are in english i really found it a bit hard to improve local language especially almost local people are able to speak english.Aniway, I work as a part timer at the restaurant so i thought...why don't i try to start say things in dutch??!!
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EXPENSES    
by UNKNOWN, Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e Empresa, Lisbon, Portugal
Management Science, Erasmus
The accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
KEY:
Very easy.
Minimal effort.
Accessible but required effort.
Almost impossible.
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
Administrative
Money from home
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits:
I was living in a rent house and in Portugal I live with my parents, therefore I had this adittional expense. I spend less traveling beucase of my bike.Nightlife was quite the same, I didn't notice too many differences in the prices and we had a lot of erasmus home parties therefore was cheap.To sum up, I expended a lot more, mainly beucase I was living alone on my own and the prices are a bit higher than in Portugal.
Food, Overall, Housing: was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife, Telephone: was the same price as at home.
Travel: was less expensive than at home.
Personal comments:
Not really.
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OVERALL    
by UNKNOWN, Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e Empresa, Lisbon, Portugal
Management Science, Erasmus
Important to choosing this university...
Academic reasons
KEY:
Very Important.
Important.
Not really important.
Unimportant.
Culture
Costs
Activities
Campus life
Party / people
Weather / Location
I wish I had known...
No, I enjoyed the surprises I have experienced!
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!



During my experience abroad, I ...
Became familiar with another culture
KEY:
Happened all the time.
Happened quite a lot.
Happened a bit.
Didn't happen.
Traveled
Improved language skills
Met people from other countries
Became more independent
Partied a lot
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies/career
Personal recommendation:
I enjoyed the university although there's a lot of burocracy and although the support from the teacher, it is expected from you to work on your own and learn and find things by yourself. Therefore, if you invest in your assessments, you will be sucessful.



FINAL COMMENTS

Erasmus is not only a educational experience but above all a personal experience. Try not to be close to people from your country, so that you can get in touch with people with different points of view and different lifesytles. Enjoy as much as you can the opportunity of living in the heart of Europe to travel and visit several countries from East and Center of Europe.
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