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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
I shared my apartment with a fellow student and the apartment was great. You are more independent when you live on your own.
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Personal comments
The university did not provide accommodation to students if they didn't stay longer than a year. But I saw the accommodation they provided and I like my appartment so much better.Although it was more expensive.
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
for the best cafe you should go to cha-cha-cha,it is an undergroundcafe next to the metrostation. In Budapest there are so many beautiful places to see, the palace,the fishersman bastion, the lights during the night. Even the university is a great place to see. It is a really beautiful city, I was proud to live there and come out of my appartment every day looking around how amazing it was.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
Where I would stay. I didn't know where I would stay. I had a meeting with a agency, who would help me finding a place to stay, but I didn't know more than that.
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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
University has a large group of international students all taking part of the ISC program. The courses are highly interactive and the social life is the best.
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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
Budapest is a central point going to other countries like, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, and other countries. It is not expensive and there are trains to almost all destinations. If you go to Budapest without having a place to stay, you should contact Blue line, they will help you finding a place to stay. You pay sometimes a bit more,but the places are great. Budapest is a great city and I would advice everybody to go there and get some experience in a other country.
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Academic
Course recommendations
The courses were interactif, the groups were small and therefore the interaction was good. The only thing is that some teachers should improve their English to be more secure about what they are doing.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
They are doing already good work in hiring international teachers and inviting international speakers. The only thing is that they should not treat the international students in such a special way as they sometimes do.
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My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
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)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Most of the time we were talking English, because international students don't really integrate with the Hungarian students. So most of the time it was English, and because my home study is in English as well. I didn't have any troubles in communicating with others.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
My accomodation was more expensive, although I was sharing my apartment.The telephone was really expensive as well. The prices in Budapest are more or less the same as in Holland, only public transportation is really cheap.
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Telephone, Housing, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Travel:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Going out for diner is most of the times cheaper than going to the store and buy the food.
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