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Technical University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Activities, Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Atomic Cafe, Biergärtens, Muffathalle for great party's, films are mostly in german... ;-( And we've had a lot of privat party's with erasmusstudents.
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Technical University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Housing
Type of housing: Student hostel
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: student hostel
Why?
Because it's an easy way meeting a lot of other students.
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Personal comments
I've been lucky. My appartment was not old and I had a single room. In Olympiacentrum there are bungalows where you have to live with an other Erasmusstudent in one room.
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Technical University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Because Munich is a place central in Munich, it's easy to travel abroad. An travelling is an expensive bussiness...
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Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone, Housing:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Open a bankaccount in Munich. Otherwise you have to pay 10 Marks for each transaction.
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Technical University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Languages
Language of instruction: German
Was learning German a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
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
Most people in Munich speak 'hoch Deutsch'. I cannot understand Bayerisch, bur in the university that wasn't used.
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Technical University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Overall
I wish I had known...
I had no idee how much courses I could do in 3 month. Now I know you can do 2 or 3 Seminars and a couple of 'Vorlesungen'
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
A lot of other Erasmus students, so it's pretty easy to connect with people.
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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
Ask, ask, ask your questions to other (Erasmus-) students, they can help you and can give a lot of specific information.
3 Months is the minimum length to stay in Munich...
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Technical University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Academic
Course recommendations
Try to visit a lot of courses in the first week the courses start. You get a short impression of a course and you can decide afterwards to follow it or not.
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