Reviews of Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus (BTU) | Germany

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Dimitris B

Technologiko Ekpedeftiko Idrima - Patras, Patrai, Greece
Engineering, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Student life dominates the city

Nightlife, Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Culture nights, jam sessions, wherever are arranged! Cafeteria, in university!

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Dimitris B

Technologiko Ekpedeftiko Idrima - Patras, Patrai, Greece
Engineering, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: On campus

Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

The money is almost the same, and for sure it provides more than a room in dormitories!

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

It´s a normal housing for students. Its main disanvantage is that internet connection is not provided in the room!!! A contract is needed, if your roomate does not want to share the access with you!

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Dimitris B

Technologiko Ekpedeftiko Idrima - Patras, Patrai, Greece
Engineering, 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 German a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my German

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: At ease in most situations

How much did you improve your German?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: At ease in most situations

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Ok, at first it was difficult to speak and undestand the local language, but time to time and with some help from the lessons that i did, it became easier for me to communicate with people in German. In the laboratory i did not face any problems, as the instruction language was in English. In addition i did not have any difficulties in communication with the international students and ofcource with people who spoke English!

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Dimitris B

Technologiko Ekpedeftiko Idrima - Patras, Patrai, Greece
Engineering, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

I wish i spoke the German language, before went to Germany!

In my opinion:

I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

3

Costs

4

Activities

4

Campus life

3

Party / people

4

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

It worths studying in BTU, because it offers qualitative studies and huge opportunity to meet international students!Especially for people who enjoy more going out, and it is difficult to find some time for studying there are a lot of events organized almost every day!!!

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

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

If you have not done it yet, you should do it for sure!!! It would be helpful to learn some basics as far as the language is concerned, to avoid feeling like alien the first days you are in a totaly new environment!Be friendly and smile to everyone as they are kind with foreighners and even if they do nt speak English they will try to help you. If you enjoy travelling and expiriencing new places and meeting new people as well, a cheap way to do so, it's the followig web site: http://www.mitfahrgelegenheit.de It's about transportation by car with other people, where you share the costs of the trip!!! Is's nice, adventurous, safe and cheap above all!!!

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Dimitris B

Technologiko Ekpedeftiko Idrima - Patras, Patrai, Greece
Engineering, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Other sources of funding:

Family<br> Personal savings

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

Overall, the money, with a strong economy where same as at home, and some times less than at home! Specifically the food was more expensive because i had to pay it in the university restaurant , whereas in Greece was for free!The housing was more or less the same,if we talk about dormitories, and a single room in an appartment. The nightlife was cheaper than at home in contrast to travelling which was much more expensive than at home!

Food, Travel:

was more expensive than at home.

Overall, Housing, Telephone:

was the same price as at home.

Nightlife:

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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Dimitris B

Technologiko Ekpedeftiko Idrima - Patras, Patrai, Greece
Engineering, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

Because, I actually did an internship, i am not the one who can responsibly talk about the courses! But if it happens to choose gas cleaning/aerosol technology courses, the teacher and the quality of the lectures is pretty good, and ofcource the teacher always have the willingless to reply in questons!

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

I wish the teachers were not so busy...

My opinion of the university assessment