Reviews of Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (EUR) | Netherlands

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Julie G

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Financial Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Off Corsa is the club to be at! As for food, Grand Palace has great Dim Sum and Sunday dinners...

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Julie G

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Financial Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Dorms, off campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Same as I lived in

Why?

Most exchange students live in the I-House, the dorm that I stayed in. As such, you get to know all the students pretty well and always have people to hang out with.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

The I-house is a 10-15 minute walk and probably the best choice if you are btwn 19-25 years, any older and you'll feel like a mom or dad as it is the centre for parties and hanging out

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Julie G

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Financial Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Personal savings

Other sources of funding:

Family
A private grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

Canada is cheap! You can't beat Canada on cheap food and nightlife, especially Vancouver

Food, Telephone, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:

was more expensive than at home.

Housing:

was the same price as at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

Internet! What a joke, Rotterdam was just making the move to ADSL

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Julie G

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Financial Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

Watch out, Marketing courses couldn't get any harder; lots of cases and assignments! Finance courses have cases, but not harder than usual

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

Yes, resources and support would be a nice idea..

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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Julie G

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Financial Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

Don't expect customer service, Holland is a very much "what you see is what you get" country...

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

2

Costs

2

Activities

2

Campus life

2

Party / people

2

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

Work hard and you'll do fine!

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

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

3

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

Balance out your work with partying and travelling, Rotterdam may not be a destination city but it is definitely a gateway to the rest of Europe. Check out EasyJet and BasiqAir for cheap flights..

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