Reviews of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN) | Belgium

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anonymous

Universidad de Lima, Lima, Peru
Business Studies, Graduate, Independent

Student life

Describe host city:

Student life dominates the city

Activities, Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Go to the oudermarkt...you'll have lots of places to choose. Other nice spots: Villa Ernesto (vismarkt) and the FAK Bars (student bars for each of the faculties from the university)

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anonymous

Universidad de Lima, Lima, Peru
Business Studies, Graduate, Independent

Housing

Type of housing: Room in a building

Arranged by: Independently - My choice

If returning, I would choose: Studio

Why?

Somewhere closer to the city perhaps...I had to bike/walk everday quite a bit to go to classes or go out

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

I think people make a lot of difference. I had the luck of having nice and friendly student mates living in the same house.

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anonymous

Universidad de Lima, Lima, Peru
Business Studies, Graduate, Independent

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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

I've learnt dutch throughout the years, so it isn't a problem to communicatein either english or dutch. But in any case, everybody in belgium speaks pretty good english, so language won't be a problem here

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anonymous

Universidad de Lima, Lima, Peru
Business Studies, Graduate, Independent

Academic

Course recommendations

Quality of teachers is high...and most of the english based courses are very well structured

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

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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anonymous

Universidad de Lima, Lima, Peru
Business Studies, Graduate, Independent

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Personal savings

Other sources of funding:

Personal savings

Work opportunities:

I worked during my study abroad experience

Personal spending habits

Because I was on my own...back home I had my parents to pay for all of it of course!

Telephone, Nightlife, Housing, Overall, Food, Travel:

was more expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

Don't spend your money in the begining of the master!! Many students get all excited about the fact of meeting new ppl from all over the world and that stuff, and go out everyday (lunch, coffees, etc). Before you realize you've spent up to twice you thought on spending everymonth! You can save a lot of money in food by shopping in supermarkets like Lidl, Aldy or Colruyt and then cooking home. Organizing parties at the student residence is also a good alternative to going out...

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anonymous

Universidad de Lima, Lima, Peru
Business Studies, Graduate, Independent

Overall

I wish I had known...

Is always good to stick around with other people on the weekends, otherwise you'll have this "homesick" feeling...actually, you will get it anyways: just start working on that idea before you travel, it makes it easier to know you're expecting this than rather just have that feeling out of the blue.

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

4

Activities

4

Campus life

4

Party / people

4

Weather / location

1

Personal recommendation

Leuven rocks in everysense. Comparing it to my previous international experience (at the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School in Gent, Belgium) I can say that the student atmosphere is by far thousand times better. But, eventhough the city can offer everything, is still quite small. In that sense I think Gent is a better place to live, but Leuven a better place to interact with other international students and with the university itself.

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

2

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

3

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

I've worked and studied at the same time and been able to handle it perfectly. You should do it to...is a great way to make money to pay for expenses/travels/night outs, etc. For foreign students: you can apply for a work permit C at the city hall which allows you to work as a student 20 hours a week.

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