Reviews of Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse | France

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Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Engineering, Electronic, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Student life dominates the city

Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Chanmax Kafè:rue Pargaminiere.Fresh mood.Cool. Always something new . Mandala Cafè Concert: great live Jazz. Petit London: Cool. Good Live music. Cafè Populaire: nice choice to have a drink with friends. Sherpa: new age style. Relax and teas. Don't go to: Chez TonTon : french-pub with rugbymen on Thursday and for the rest of the week Erasmus students like "I'm just arrived,I don't know where to go". Too selectives : Bar Basque, Bodega Bodega, Cafè Rex.

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consant

Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Engineering, Electronic, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: On campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

Indipendence

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

Great for meeting people from all around the world.Very cheap.But the room is too small (9mq) and sometimes you'd like to be away from the "campus life",just to feel more on your own.

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consant

Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Engineering, Electronic, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

Government assistance<br> An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I worked during my study abroad experience

Personal spending habits

Life cost is quite the same than in Italy : good prices if you know the places. I spent more than at home for Nightlife and travel just because I'm here only for one year , so I try to do all that I can do.

Travel, Nightlife:

was more expensive than at home.

Food, Telephone, Overall, Housing:

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

At university you often find some good occasions. But streets markets are the difference : you find quite everything and at the lowest price

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consant

Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Engineering, Electronic, 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: Basic phrases
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Learning a new language is a great possibility for your own growing up,because your way of thinking has to be more flexible than normally, and of course for you future : more languages you know , more possibilities you have. Learning french was a very stimulating experience : when I start thinking,laughing or dreamig in french I felt something new in my mind.It's great and it's very easy if you're motivate.

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consant

Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Engineering, Electronic, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

Actually,nothing really important.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

3

Culture

4

Costs

3

Activities

2

Campus life

1

Party / people

2

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

I think it's very important to take the rithm of the university : I mean with courses ,with social life, activities and nigth life organized by the school. There are many things to do. It's easy to be confused at first time.

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

3

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

Vine is great,here. If you come, don't forget to buy a bottle of Gaulliac. Ocean,mountains and mediterranean sea are both very near : don't miss to go.

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