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4.16 / 5 based on 77 reviews
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Béatrice P
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
It gives freedom and comfort for a reasonable price
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Personal comments
It was a apartment provided by the social service for european girls studying in the city through student exchanges
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Travel, Nightlife, Activities: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
The Bairro alto is the best place where to go out.
The castle provides the view of the city
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Overall
I wish I had known...
I didn't know that it was so difficult to learn how to speak portuguese
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
It should try and have more exchanges with foreign student inorder to develop an European minded university.
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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
This stay in Portugal was the reason why i am working in Brazil today.
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Béatrice P
Academic
Course recommendations
The courses are more theorical than in my home university.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
There were few foreigners in the university and there was any structure to care of them.
It would be interesting to provide more details about the courses.
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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: Portuguese
Was learning Portuguese a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my Portuguese
How much did you improve your Portuguese?
My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I learnt how to speak portuguese through a 4 week course in the city Language university. The course was too fast to provide a real fluency. I learnt a lot in the everyday life at the university and outside it.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
The cost of life in Lisbon was smaller as in France. As a consequence the basic expenses for food and accomodation were smaller.
I travelled more there because I didn't know the country abd these expenses were bigger.
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Telephone, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Food, Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Sometimes I had difficulty to withdraw money through the Visa bank net. But I had a second way to withdraw money using Postchecks and it helped a lot.
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