Reviews of Hogeschool van Utrecht | Netherlands

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jon a

Ecole de commerce européenne, Bordeaux, France
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Student life dominates the city

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Club storm, every tuesday nights! There's also some nice clubs: poema, tivoli, monza,..

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jon a

Ecole de commerce européenne, Bordeaux, France
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

My housing was preety good! But expensive, I've paid 310 euros to share a room with an other student.

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jon a

Ecole de commerce européenne, Bordeaux, France
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

My uni was quite far of my housing! 25 min by bike, but it seems normal in Netherlands!

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

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

Academic reasons

3

Culture

3

Costs

2

Activities

2

Campus life

2

Party / people

3

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

It's maybe not the best uni, but there is great teacher and great tools like webmail, sharepoint,...

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

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

3

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

3

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

Go there, I'm sure you will have lo of fun! Moreover Amserdam is not so far, 20 min by train!

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jon a

Ecole de commerce européenne, Bordeaux, France
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

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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jon a

Ecole de commerce européenne, Bordeaux, France
Business Studies, 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: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Yo can have there some Dutch courses! but it's just one hour by week so not enough to really learn the language.Maybe I didn't speak enough with local students.

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jon a

Ecole de commerce européenne, Bordeaux, France
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

Personal savings<br> An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't want/need to work

Personal spending habits

Nightlife, Housing, Travel, Food, Overall:

was more expensive than at home.

Telephone:

was the same price as at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

Bus is really expensive so you must think to buy a bike! Second-hand bikes are around 60 euros!

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