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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
All cafes and bars around the market square are really nice. Some of them offer special prices for students by showing your student-ID.
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
The only place you can live as a student in Krakow.
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Personal comments
The flats offered were too expensive and the real estate agencies were not interested in helping foreign students. They were not really able to speak english, without polish you are lost in Krakow.
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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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I attended a Polish course at university but it was not like expected. I learned to less to survive due to the fact that the course focused on grammar. The whole semester was a real improvement for my English.
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Academic
Course recommendations
Most of the teachers were pretty well in English but the content of the courses had sometimes not really much to do with the subject.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
The organisation was a little bit chaotic through the whole semester.
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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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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Because the living standard and the prices are lower than in Austria.
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Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Overall
I wish I had known...
That the culture is so different from ours.
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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 was really okay. The teacher were good but the organisation could be better.
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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
It is really good to know someone who speaks polish, otherwise you will be lost right from the beginning because it is quite impossible to get a flat without speaking the local language.
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