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3.92 / 5 based on 193 reviews
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Kirstystott
HousingType of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
Meet the most people that way
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Personal assessment
Cost
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Personal comments
The rooms were small but they were comfortable. The situation was away from all places of interest.
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Kirstystott
Student lifeDescribe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Activities
Nightlife
Travel
Overall
Personal comments
Near the university there are not many places to go maybe Schmukers bar is a good place to go but there were no places to dance nearby. In Milan which was really hard to access at night without a car then there were plenty of places to go (but quite expensive).
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Kirstystott
AcademicCourse recommendations
Dont chose too many that are all piled in at the end of the semester as I did as the work really piles up when you need to study for exams.
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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
To start all courses at the start of the semester so that the students have less time in the beginning at more time at the end when they want to study and have their last weeks remembered fondly instead of boring and the only thing that anybody did was study
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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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Kirstystott
OverallI wish I had known...
I wish i had found out more about the culture before going and about the cultures of the other Erasmus students.
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In my opinion:
I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
2
Culture
2
Costs
2
Activities
2
Campus life
2
Party / people
2
Weather / location
3
Personal recommendation
I do not personally think that this university is a good host for international student because it is a private university and the Italian students are not as friendly as others that i encountered and the university is in the middle of nowhere as some people liked to say.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
4
Traveled
4
Improved language skills
3
Met people from other countries
4
Became more independent
4
Partied a lot
4
Experienced a change in life
4
Advanced my studies & career
4
Final comments
Travel very light you will not believe the amount of shopping that you will do here and travelling especially when the weather is nice. Don't be shy and don't judge people too early people change when they settle down and usually you will find that they change for the better.
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Kirstystott
ExpensesMain source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
It is slightly more expensive to live in Italy than it is at home and i believe i spent more because it felt like i was on holiday most of the time (if it wasnt for the rain)
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Food, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
Administrative
Money from home
Personal comments
I got another Erasmus grant towards the end of the semester which i did not know i was going to get. Cost saving tips are to take some cooking utensils with you as i had to buy them here because they did not tell me that they would not be provided. Alsocook in groups it work out cheaper.
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Kirstystott
LanguagesLanguage of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Social
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Personal comments
I had to do a basic course in Italian at the start of the semester and it was really helpful however, the teacher only spoke in Italian and when it came to exams it was really hard to know what was going on especially when i did not know any Italian before i went to Italy and some people in the class did so they were teaching everyone at the same level which i don't think was the best thing to do.
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