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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
The parties specially organised for erasmus students are always very popular, and quite entertaining.
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Housing
Type of housing: A room exchange
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
there are better chances to get to know many new students
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Personal comments
Everybody has to arrange the housing independently, because the uni has no campus, but they give you some advice where to search.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
The living standards in Belgium is much higher than in Hungary.
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Food, Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items

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Academic
Course recommendations
There should be begginer courses from languages also in the second semester for the new-comers.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
My opinion of the university assessment
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Essays and/or projects at the end of course
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Overall
I wish I had known...
Which are the dictricts in Brussels, where most of the students live.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Try to organise more programs in the first weeks of the semester to get to know each other better.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
It is worth to spend a semester abroad, because this way you can widen your stand-point about many things, and have a life-long experience.
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
In Brussels you can easily live without any difficulties if you speak English.
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