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3.97 / 5 based on 44 reviews
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
There is a movie house called Kinepolis near the university. It was my favourate
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Housing
Type of housing: A room exchange
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: A room exchange
Why?
The rooms are relatively cheap and close to the campus which makes them convinient for me.
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Personal comments
Private student houses are available close to campus at very affordable rates. This makes them convinient for an international student who wants to work at campus until late and take a bike home.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
I used to phone back home more frequently and housing is generally expensive in Europe than in Africa
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Housing, Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Nightlife, Travel:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
In the town of Hasselt there is a second hand shop called Okazi and it really helped me a lot since it had extreamly cheap stuff, from clothes, household etc
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Academic
Course recommendations
Since I am doing PhD I didn't have much interaction with undergraduate courses but with the little I know they are preety good.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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Overall
I wish I had known...
How to speak dutch and French
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
It is a small and very quite with very professional people around
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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
It is always easy to travel by train than by bus since train is fast and cheap also.
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language
How much did you improve your the local language?
My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
English is generally spoken in the University but the community speaks Dutch. The biggest challenge come at shopping because I didn't speak dutch too well
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