Reviews of Haute Ecole Léonard de Vinci | Belgium

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Gemma V

Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Graduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: A room exchange

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

´Couse I felt a little bit lonely.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

there weren´t the chance of living in a campus. Just the possibility of living in a little house with Belgium people: and they were so unkind.

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Gemma V

Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Graduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Bar Lop-Lop. Grote Mark. disco Fuse.

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Gemma V

Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Graduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

At the beginning teachers didn´t take care of Erasmus´people. At the end it was a little bit better. Belgium students didn´t help us (ex. impossible ak for the course notes)

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

none

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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Gemma V

Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

Belgium people is really close.

In my opinion:

Stay home.

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

Academic reasons

3

Culture

1

Costs

1

Activities

1

Campus life

1

Party / people

1

Weather / location

1

Personal recommendation

Í think is better to choose another one.

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

Became familiar with another culture

2

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

3

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

3

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

It was a nice experience. But if I would have the choice, I´d rather go to another country.

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Gemma V

Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Graduate, 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

In general, the cost of living is highter at Brussels than in Spain.

Food, Nightlife, Overall, Telephone, Travel:

was more expensive than at home.

Housing:

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

There too many places where is not possible to use VISA. So finally I was forced to open a bank count at a Belgium bank.

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Gemma V

Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Graduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: French

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning French a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my French

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your French?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

At the beginning it was terrible, ´couse I wasn´t able to speak French at all. But as I was forced to speak French everyday, my French got better soon.

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