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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife, Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
The Tribeka! If you go to Graz, you simply HAVE to try it! our favourite pub... though there are so many of them in Graz... all of them pretty good
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose:
Why?
It was nice to live with 8 other students -Austrian or foreigners
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Languages
Language of instruction: German
Was learning German a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my German
How much did you improve your German?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
German is a pretty hard language for me, but it's really good to be stay in Austria for a while if you want to become fluent in German...
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br>
Government assistance<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Nightlife, Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing, Overall, Food:
was the same price as at home.
Travel:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Overall
I wish I had known...
I wish I had learned to speak German with an Austrian accent...lol it's quite hard to understand at the beginning
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Graz is a beautiful town and the people I met there were really nice -my classes were definitely very interesting (varied and with good teachers), and Graz is extremely busy at night...
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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
if you have the opportunity to stay the whole year, do so : Graz in summer is cool, but in winter even though it's really cold, the Christmas market and the celebrations are amazing...
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Academic
Course recommendations
For languages students, try not to stay in one "Fakultät" -go to the English building for English courses, to the translation building for translation courses, and so on..
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Interaction with international students
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