Reviews of Glasgow Caledonian University | United Kingdom

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vfvch

ESIC, Madrid, Spain
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

Its a more expensive country in general. But you can always find good offers.

Food, Nightlife:

was more expensive than at home.

Travel, Overall, Housing:

was the same price as at home.

Telephone:

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

Not really.

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vfvch

ESIC, Madrid, Spain
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

Dont take too many courses because you have to go to all the classes and need quite lot of time to do all the assigments.

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

NO, actually i liked much more that way of teaching than the Spanish

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

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vfvch

ESIC, Madrid, Spain
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

No, i like discovering things by my self.

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

2

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

3

Weather / location

1

Personal recommendation

Very good. Many facilities for the students, above all for international students, because you have everything you need in Campus. Professors really nice and available in general. THey always try to help you and make you feel confortable.

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

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

Just saying enjoy and dont think about what you should do. Its only one year and you have to enjoy the maximum. Study and work in your degree but at the same time go everyway and try to make as many friends as possible that its much more worthy, and shows you much more about how is life in the different countries, and the only way of learning english. If you think that you can learn english only by readying then dont loose your time going there. If you dont want to make friends from other nationalities then dont go there either, stay in your own country because then you would be loosing the most funny and interesting thing!Life its not only studying!

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vfvch

ESIC, Madrid, Spain
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Was learning English a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my English

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

At the beggining even if i had been abroad before wehad some kind of problems with the accent but after 2-3 weeks it was not problem anymore. Its a matter of getting used to.

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