Reviews of HES Rotterdam | Netherlands

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Amity C

Excelia Business School, La Rochelle, France
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Other sources of funding:

Family<br> A private grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

Food is more expensive if you want quality. Telephone because i used it more than at home. Accomodation because in my home university town, accomodation is very expensive, nightlife because drinks and entries are more expensive. Travel, because i don't have a discount card here.

Housing:

was more expensive than at home.

Telephone, Travel, Food, Nightlife, Overall:

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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anonymous

Excelia Business School, La Rochelle, France
Business Studies, Graduate, Independent

Housing

Type of housing: A room exchange

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: A room exchange

Why?

It is a really good place to meet other student. You better ask to share room with another nationnality student. It helps you to improve your english, and it is really interesting to share culture.

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Personal comments

Size of the room is ok, but the kitchen is too small. It could be cleaner.

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Beatrice B

Excelia Business School, La Rochelle, France
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: A room exchange

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: A room exchange

Why?

To meet other students from different nationalities and backgrounds.

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Personal comments

Despite of the rent quite high, the housing was well-located, internet connection was perfect and as exchange students lived there too, the atmosphere was multicultural and enjoyable.

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BO W

Jiujiang Financial and Economic college/Jiujiang University, jiujiang,Jiangxi province, China
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Independent

Overall

I wish I had known...

I wish to travel to more countries in Europe before going.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

3

Costs

2

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

2

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

I suggest to 1.get rid of the accellerated programme 2. set some formal language courses for international students. 3.for the language courses, some students from other countries can be helpful. 4.improve the management system.

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

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

2

Improved language skills

2

Met people from other countries

3

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

3

Experienced a change in life

3

Advanced my studies & career

2

Final comments

All in all, study in the Netherlands is easy for me to travel to other european countries and very good environment to study other european languages like French, German, Spanish etc if you have time.I advice the students try to study as many languages as they can and find part-time jobs constantly to enrich the social experiences.

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BO W

Jiujiang Financial and Economic college/Jiujiang University, jiujiang,Jiangxi province, China
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Independent

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: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Did not speak it

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

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Overall

Personal comments

in my host country, the local language is a little difficult but I would like to learn. in the Netherlands, I experienced more in English communication. For Dutch, since I haven't learnt it formally, it is not improved yet.

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marousek

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, United States
Management Science, Undergraduate, Independent

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Independently - My choice

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

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Personal comments

School had some trouble accomodating other students in need of housing. It turned out OK, but sure needs improvement, although it has nothing to do with the education, but with the housing administration.

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