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4.15 / 5 based on 179 reviews
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Miguel R
Student life
Describe host city:
Nightlife, Travel: 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
Stusie, Glamour, Agar and many others
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Housing
Type of housing: Studentenwohnheim
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: same again
Why?
Living with other students is a great experience and it is the best thing for learning the target language and mixing in
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Personal comments
Housing is inexpensive, safe and well maintained.
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Miguel R
Languages
Language of instruction: German
Was learning German a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your German?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Throughout I felt that I could understand German, both written and oral, slightly better than I could speak it.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family
Government assistance
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Cost of living for Students is much lower in Germany than in Ireland
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Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Overall:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
It costs money to withdraw money from an ATM which does not belong to your (German) bank!
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Miguel R
Overall
I wish I had known...
Nothing comes to mind.. Knowing about the 'Pfand' would have saved some embarrasment at the start, but that's all part of the experience!
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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
Keep up the good work (but make the lectures shorter??)
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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
There are many ways to get to Frankfurt depending where you are coming from. Closest airports are (in no particular order) Stuttgart, Strasbourg, Basel, Karlsruhe and Frankfurt. There are many low cost airlines flying to these airports. In my own experience coming from Ireland by far the cheapest and quickest way is Dublin-Frankfurt with aer lingus, and then the ICE train direct from the airport to Freiburg.
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Academic
My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
2 hour lectures are too long!!
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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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