Reviews of Hogeschool voor Wetenschap en Kunst | Belgium

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Marisa A

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
Business Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

A private grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

The differences in prices from Europe to Mexico are a reasonable, besides, here I spend on food and housing, while in Mexico I dont spend money on either of them. (Live at home)

Housing, Overall, Food, Telephone:

was more expensive than at home.

Nightlife, Travel:

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

The market in the "gare du midi/zuid" on sundays is great to buy fruit and food in general. Cheaper and fresher than supermarkets!!!

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FernandoVillalobos

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores - Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
Business Studies, Graduate, University Agreement

Academic

Course recommendations

You have to be prepare with your own PC or lap top. The courses are quite different but there is no problem of adaptation.

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

There could be more interactions between teachers and students. Or more resouses of PC´s and library.

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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FernandoVillalobos

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores - Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
Business Studies, Graduate, University Agreement

Student life

Describe host city:

Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

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

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

The Celtic club, Ancient Belgique or the Montecristo relly nice places but a bit expensive. You have to look for concerts and international events. It really happens a lot of things that you have to catch out.

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Daniel J

Universitat d'Alacant, Alacant, Spain
Translation/Interpretation, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: French

Was learning French a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my French

How much did you improve your French?

My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

I was quite fluent already, however I learnt the actual way of speaking a language as a native speaker, I learnt how to speak the language from a translation and interpretation level poin of view

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Agnes P

Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland
Business Studies, Graduate, 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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

I could experience how important learning languages is cause in Belgium people speak many languages. I improved my English mainly thanks to hanging out with internationak students

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