Reviews of European School of Economics, Milan (ESE) | Italy

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Jaarod E

HES Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Independent agreements between HES Amsterdam and other Unive

Housing

Type of housing: Residence of other University

Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

In two weeks I got to know about 70 people and with no background in the language of the country I went to, my language skills improved quickly by simply having to talk the language.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

People were well willing to help me finding an appartment, though the campus I live on now, I found by own effort.

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Jaarod E

HES Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Independent agreements between HES Amsterdam and other Unive

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Wednesday evening is international students evening in the 'Old Fashion cafe' in Parco Sempione. Int. students free entrance, good music, expensive drinks, but hey, that is Milan!

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Jaarod E

HES Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Independent agreements between HES Amsterdam and other Unive

Overall

I wish I had known...

Besides the MBA courses, I wish the level of the lectures had been a bit higher. I heard a lot of the material covered for the second time.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

3

Culture

4

Costs

2

Activities

3

Campus life

2

Party / people

3

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

Organise some more school activities in order to generate a feeling of connection to that school. A large part of the things I did in Milan and the reat of Italy, I organised with my friends from campus or alone. Unfortunately there is not really a connection with Uni.

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

2

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

3

Advanced my studies & career

2

Final comments

Do some travelling, Sicily in specific. If you want, you can find a lot of international students in Milan. If, however, you want to improve your language skills and take dive into the real Italian way of living, I suggest you hook up with Italians. Get over that treshold of speaking Italian, we all make mistakes and it doesn't matter.

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Jaarod E

HES Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Independent agreements between HES Amsterdam and other Unive

Academic

Course recommendations

Take the few English courses available and ask for the MBA courses.

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

Some more involvement with exchange students. Accent is very much on local students.

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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Jaarod E

HES Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Independent agreements between HES Amsterdam and other Unive

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 Italian a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Italian

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 Italian?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Italians are, when able to, not very at ease when speaking English. My advise is learn some basics and the rest you will pick up when you're there.

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Jaarod E

HES Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Independent agreements between HES Amsterdam and other Unive

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Government assistance

Other sources of funding:

Family<br> An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

Milan is expensive with a capital E!

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

was more expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

Stay out of the central part of town if you don't want to spent loads of money. The southern (Navigli) and northern (Brera) parts of town are cheaper and much more 'real' Italian.

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