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

Overall

I wish I had known...

Flemish!!! hehe its quite useful.

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

4

Costs

3

Activities

2

Campus life

2

Party / people

2

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

Keep in mind the amount of team projects that you have to do, sometimes its hard at the end of each semester to find the time to organize all of them.

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

If you want to travel cheaper, there are busses that are cheaper than trains to go to places like Amsterdam and Paris, but it takes longer. Try to leave in a big street, its much safer specially if you are a girl and intend to walk home alone at night. If you are comming for a full year, get an "abonnement" for the tram, metro and busses, it will save you 100's of euros in transport.

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Marisa A

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

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

Better organization of the courses.

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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Marisa A

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

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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: At ease in most situations

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Belgium in terms of languages is pretty interesting and complicated. I speak french, but I found out that french is only useful in certain parts of Belgium, while in others only flemish will do. However, most people understand english and spanish and are happy to try to speak them.

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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, Telephone, Overall, Food:

was more expensive than at home.

Travel, Nightlife:

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