Reviews of Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen (KUN) | Netherlands

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Cécilia G

Université Sorbonne Nouvelle: Paris III, Paris, France
Law, Comparative / Law with Languages, Graduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Student life dominates the city

Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside 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

Travel: Amsterdam, Maastricht during carnival time, Utrecht, Keukenhof...

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Cécilia G

Université Sorbonne Nouvelle: Paris III, Paris, France
Law, Comparative / Law with Languages, Graduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: On campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

Best price for good location

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

none

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Cécilia G

Université Sorbonne Nouvelle: Paris III, Paris, France
Law, Comparative / Law with Languages, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

No. More information from my home university about ECTS, course requirements, etc...

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

1

Culture

2

Costs

4

Activities

2

Campus life

2

Party / people

1

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

Very good university, good level of the course. Please pay attention, there's a housing crisis in Nijmegen: If you expect the International relations department of the KUN to provide you with housing, be among the first ones to send your application file (June /july)!!!

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

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

It's rare to manage to make Dutch friends, you usually spend most of your time with other Erasmus students... But the international student association (led by Dutch students) is very well organized and organizes events and trips throughout the Netherlands every month: it's impossible to escape social life;-) To conclude, the experience abroad will bring you at least as much as the course themselves.

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Cécilia G

Université Sorbonne Nouvelle: Paris III, Paris, France
Law, Comparative / Law with Languages, Graduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

Don't hesitate to follow courses in different faculties! Pay attention to the level and the resources (come courses taught in English require to read Dutch reading materials!)

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

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Cécilia G

Université Sorbonne Nouvelle: Paris III, Paris, France
Law, Comparative / Law with Languages, Graduate, 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: At ease in most situations
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: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Courses of law and political sciences in English: quite difficult but very interesting and worth taking these courses. The courses of German are very difficult to follow for French people, because the level of German in the Netherlands is very very high.

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Cécilia G

Université Sorbonne Nouvelle: Paris III, Paris, France
Law, Comparative / Law with Languages, Graduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't want/need to work

Personal spending habits

Housing: I used to live at my parent's! Telephone: we all lived in the same area and rather had a bike ride than a phone call!Nightlife: more nightlife when not at parent's house! Food: used to be more expensive than in France (not true anymore because of price war in Dutch supermarkets)

Housing, Overall, Nightlife, Travel, Food:

was more expensive than at home.

Telephone:

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

Books are far more expensive than in France (cf. French law on book prices) and not always available in the university libraries! Many computers available at university. Pay attention: in some banks, you need to pay to close your account before the end of the first year after its opening!

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