Reviews of Hogeschool voor Wetenschap en Kunst | Belgium

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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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FernandoVillalobos

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

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Independently - My choice

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

I had a pretty good experience.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

I had no problems, it was really close, and it wasn´t expensive.

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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

Overall

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FernandoVillalobos

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores - Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
Business Studies, Graduate, 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: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

You can manage everything with english.

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FernandoVillalobos

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

Overall

I wish I had known...

Maybe the bus and metro lines.

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

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

Academic reasons

3

Culture

4

Costs

4

Activities

2

Campus life

2

Party / people

3

Weather / location

1

Personal recommendation

I liked it, in the academ can be better, but it balance with all the activities you can do.

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

You have to try it. Travel in europe by bus is cheaper and have great time.

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FernandoVillalobos

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

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

Personal savings

Work opportunities:

I didn't want/need to work

Personal spending habits

Almost the same, the food is more expensive, and because of that I had to balance with nightlife and save a bit to travel.

Food, Travel:

was more expensive than at home.

Telephone, Overall, Housing:

was the same price as at home.

Nightlife:

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

If you travel try it by bus, is the cheaper.

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