Reviews of FH Joanneum | Austria

Useful | 1

leen w

Hogeschool Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
Marketing and Sales Management, 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: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Together with the international challenge learning languages was the main reason why I took off to Austria. I had have a lot of German grammatically but was to afraid to use it. Now I can speak it much better and I really like it to try and talk, a lot of people set you at ease and in that way I´m not afraid anymore to make mistakes. I really suggest to know at least the basic phrases of the spoken language when you choose a country; a lot of my collegue students had difficulties to just buy a something in a store....About the lessons in English: I had have English for a long time at home and didn´t have any difficulties to understand the instructors. Though, my spoken English is really improving and that is just a really good experience.

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DIANA C

Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá, Austria
Business Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Overall

I wish I had known...

Nothing, it is better when you experience things and learn by yourself instead of having someone else to tell you who might give you even sometimes a bad impression of something that you could even like in other situation

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

4

Costs

2

Activities

4

Campus life

4

Party / people

4

Weather / location

1

Personal recommendation

To encourage more students to practice and experience the local language and increase the possibilites that they offer for so

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

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

there are many good low-cost airlines (RYANAIR, SKYEUROPE,GERMANWINGS) and nice good train offers that you can take advantage of when you travel around Europe so you need to be intelligent enough to find them and book in advance cause they are not that evident or easy to find. Always ask the ones have been there before. They will know better and give you lots of good tips

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leen w

Hogeschool Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

I choice a Global Business Program that was really interesting for my field of study ´Marketing`. But I have also noticed that this doesn`t always have to be the case; I think it´s a challenge to study e.g. accountancy and follow this program. Make sure you have enough credits to satisfy your home university, that saves you a lot of trouble afterwards.

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

If you come to a city and have the opportunity to bring a bike with you (or buy/rent a cheap one) I would really recommend that. So much easier, you don´t have to count on the public transport that is in most city´s just until midnight. Maybe the university can arrange such a service for their(international) 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

Useful | 1

leen w

Hogeschool Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

Maybe that the food in Austria isn´t all that great, except for the bread then...

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

3

Culture

3

Costs

3

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

3

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

Very open to international students, an orientation program in the beginning that I really recommend! A good communication with teachers and the international office, a good update of events, 24 hours acces to the internet, couldn´t be better!

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

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

This is an experience I wouldn´t have want to miss. If it was possible for my home university I would have stayed a whole year. I would really recommend this experience to everyone, learning about different cultures, languages, it´s just great!

Useful | 1

leen w

Hogeschool Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

It´s nice to be independant, have your own space. I share the appartment with an Austrian student and we only speak german, this helps to improve my german a lot!

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

They arranged an appartment for me, according of my wishes (appartment, price, own room, close to school,..) and I´m really satisfied about the service that cost 50€. If you don´t like their first choice, you can have 2 more chances so that way you can change if you don´t like the outcome; this wasn´t necessary for me! Really happy about the service!

Useful | 1

leen w

Hogeschool Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

For the international students at the Joanneum the place to gather before going out or just have a drink was the Irish Pub ´Flann O´Brien`, situated in the Paradeisgasse. But other fun places to go out where situated in the Elisabethstraße, close to the University, with Gecco and Kultus as most popular places. At the Joanneum and the university there were also lot´s of party´s in the buildings of the schools, also not to be missed!

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