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4.35 / 5 based on 139 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 outside the university/student environment
Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: With a family
Why?
It's a better way to learn the language.
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Personal comments
The building is old, it's not the most comfortable, things break down a lot... but you get used to it!
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Languages
Language of instruction: Russian
Was learning Russian a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my Russian
How much did you improve your Russian?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
No problems at unversity, if you don't understand, teachers or students will always help you. Outside university (especially officials, etc), it's a bit harder...
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br>
Other
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
food is really cheap if you don't stick to imported products. nightlife is definitely more expensive. rest pretty much the same.
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Housing, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall, Telephone, Travel:
was the same price as at home.
Food:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Everything imported is much more expensive than russianmade.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
no, but it wasn't my first time there
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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
Personal recommendation
You need to speak basic russian, otherwise it's hard. It's a good university though, language classes are great and students very nice and interesated!
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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
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Academic
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Interaction with international students
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