Reviews of Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e Empresa | Portugal

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olenka1

Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management, Warsaw, Poland
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

Don't take Corporate Finance!

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

Teachers should care about international students equally like about their home students

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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olenka1

Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management, Warsaw, Poland
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus

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

English is spoken by really very few people what is amazing! I had no other choice than to start learning Portuguese

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olenka1

Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management, Warsaw, Poland
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

Problems with banks so at first try to open an account in Portugal and be prapare that for money transfer from home country takes even more than 2 weeks!

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

3

Costs

2

Activities

1

Campus life

1

Party / people

1

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

Teachers do not care especially about international students. Courses are often delayed or cancelled.

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

3

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

All this experience I can describe as best in my life! I love Portugal and especially Lisbon! I am different person now, more adult and independent. Finally I know what I want. But school wasn't as well organised as in my home country as well as courses but people there were extremly nice and helpful.

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olenka1

Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management, Warsaw, Poland
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

It was not legal for me to work

Personal spending habits

At home food and housing is divided between all family members. In Portugal I used to eat very often in restaurants. I used to travel more than in Poland. Telephon calls are very cheap in Portugal.

Travel, Food, Housing, Overall:

was more expensive than at home.

Nightlife:

was the same price as at home.

Telephone:

was less expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items