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Instituto Politécnico de Bragança

30 reviews
4.39 / 5 based on 30 reviews
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Jesús P
Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Engineering, Mechanical, Graduate, Erasmus
Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel, Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Activities
Nightlife
Travel
Overall
Personal comments
The castle, the Victoria´s pub, and the tipical restaurants in the near little town. The food was amazing.
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Jesús P
Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Engineering, Mechanical, Graduate, Erasmus
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
It´s not expensive and you have freedom for everything
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Personal assessment
Cost
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Personal comments
Don´t have residence in this university for the foreigns, but it´s really easy and cheap to find something and the university help you to the looking for.
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Jesús P
Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Engineering, Mechanical, Graduate, Erasmus
Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br> An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Because the liefe is cheaper than Spain, but I spend my money in the restaurants and in the travels.
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Travel, Food, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Housing, 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
no
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Jesús P
Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Engineering, Mechanical, Graduate, Erasmus
Academic
Course recommendations
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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
none
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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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Jesús P
Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Engineering, Mechanical, Graduate, Erasmus
Overall
I wish I had known...
More money to travel more.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
1
Culture
1
Costs
4
Activities
1
Campus life
1
Party / people
1
Weather / location
3
Personal recommendation
That is a very calm city, so cann´t expect that will have a lot of activities and they have to organice its
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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
3
Experienced a change in life
2
Advanced my studies & career
4
Final comments
Nothing in general, in the university have all the information.
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Jesús P
Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Engineering, Mechanical, Graduate, Erasmus
Languages
Language of instruction: Portuguese
Local language was: Different than language of instruction
Was learning Portuguese a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my Portuguese
Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language
How much did you improve your Portuguese?
My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases
How much did you improve your the local language?
My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Social
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Personal comments
All the communications in Bragança was great and I used to learn english too.
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