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Housing
Type of housing: "Wohnheim"
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
On campus - there is no real campus.
With family - no way. I want my own place.
Room Exchange - dont really know what this means...
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Personal comments
Rooms organized by the "Studentenwerk" are very cheap. Normal apartments cost at least the double - however, there are not enough student rooms/apartments. Not even enough for the exchange students.
What I found bad was that most student rooms do not have internet connections. Now they are installing LAN's in some Wohnheims, but not in all of them. Where I come from we've had a 10Mbit connections to the university for something like 5 years...
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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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
Personal comments
* Kunstpark Ost - about 20 nightclubs at the same place. A must to see, but it's really not soo good.
* Atomic Cafe - good nightclub in the city centre. Tip: You have to look "cool" (not necessarily "rich") and bring some girls with to get in!
* Alabama park - pay 30 DM, then all drinks are free. Music quite OK - a bit mainstream, but if youre in the right mood...
* Beergardens - there are *a lot* of them, and the beer is *really* good. Just stay away from Löwenbrau, it's as bad as any non-München beer.
* Oktoberfest - in the end of September. Beer, beer, beer and a fantastic ambience. You can even without problem go there alone, you'll always find someone to drink with.
* Englisher Garten - the worlds larges urban garden. Great, just a few hundred meters from the University.
* Westpark - more beatiful than Englisher Garten, just not right next the uni.
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Academic
Course recommendations
There are a lot more interesting courses in the winter than in the summer.
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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
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Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
The LMU is still quite old-fashioned with faculties that never work together, no ICPS support, loads and loads of bureaucracy. But it's a *real* university.
PS: There are a lot more girls than boys here... In the TU (Tech Uni) there are almost no girls at all...
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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
From Munich you can travel easily to most parts of europe. The alps are onle 1h away by car, and you can get to the Adriatic sea in a few hours...
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
There's so much to do - so many new friends to party with and visit. Also, the studies are more relaxed than in Sweden resulting in more time to spend money.
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Overall, Nightlife, Telephone, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Food:
was the same price as at home.
Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
- eating in the Mensa is quite OK, and very cheap (maximum 6 DM)
- eating out several days a week gets very expensive in the long run
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Languages
Language of instruction: German
Was learning German a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your German?
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Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Understanding is easy, perfection in written German is really hard...
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