Reviews of Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) | Greece

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Goets

University of Antwerp 2, Antwerp, Belgium
and statistics, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

Athens is a crowded city, so you have street noise everywhere. Nevertheless, this is definitely not a reason not to come here!

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Goets

University of Antwerp 2, Antwerp, Belgium
and statistics, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

Activities, Travel, Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Preparties at: Iannis' appartment, Slovenians appartment, Anna's & Tinmars appartment.Plenty of places to go to in the city...however, all are quite expensive. Go to Plaka, Kifissia, Bournazi

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Goets

University of Antwerp 2, Antwerp, Belgium
and statistics, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

I wish I had known that it was so good before my last year of university.

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

3

Culture

3

Costs

3

Activities

2

Campus life

2

Party / people

2

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

I only was in Athens, so I can't compare it other universities abroad. I can only say that I had the time of my life here!

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

2

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

2

Final comments

Come to Athens, you will not regret it! To all the people that were here: Tinmar, Benoit, Jannis, Rune, Andreas, Wojtek,Cleo,Dafi,Zeta,Vasiliki, Bojan, Mitia, Sasja, Kjetil, Klara, Mario, Kathy, Katia, Anna, Costas, Johanne, Toscana,Johanna,Vera, Sarah, Sofie, Vasilis, Veronique, Bart, Jamal, Mohammed, Edith, Karel, Torsten and many others...I will not forget you and I hope to see you all in your home countries!

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Goets

University of Antwerp 2, Antwerp, Belgium
and statistics, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

All courses of the economics department are rather easy. If you need some statistical courses though, you'll have to take them from the graduate level.

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

Administration should stop saying "could you come back tomorrow please?" Special thanks to Vasiliki for all her efforts, concerns and....party skills.

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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Goets

University of Antwerp 2, Antwerp, Belgium
and statistics, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

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 the local language

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)

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Greek really is a difficult language to learn. But since most people speak English, there was no problem.

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Goets

University of Antwerp 2, Antwerp, Belgium
and statistics, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

Personal savings<br> Government assistance

Work opportunities:

I didn't want/need to work

Personal spending habits

I have no expenses concerning food, tel. and accomodation at home. Since the nightlife took over most of the daylife as well, it was quite costly. Thank god for the cheap redzina,ouzo and Vodka!

Travel, Overall, Nightlife, Housing, Telephone, Food:

was more expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books