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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Exchange students pay 10.000 forint for one month in a double room of about 15 sqm. You can rent a nice apartment, for example a room with kitchen, all the equipment (TV etc) included for about 30.000 Forint.
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Personal comments
A good thing with the campus is that you meet a lot of other people. That's why I chose it, but next time I'll take the apartment. The double room is ok for two months but then it starts to feel too small...
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities, Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
I liked going to any restaurant in the evening, having a tasteful meal and a good coffee together with some of the other Erasmus students. The food is reletively cheap and the atmosphere is very relaxing here downtown Pecs.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
About tipping and where to do it.
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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
Pecs is a nice little city, the weather is more or less great. As a chemical student I enjoyed the top international knowledge they have here in my field, but there should be more resources for basic equipment. Otherwise I enjoyed my stay very much and I will return here as a graduate in the autumn. Got a schoolarship from CIMO.
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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
Use Pecs as a base for traveling in any direction. As a student you get cheap tickets for the trains. But use ONLY the Intercity trains since the regular are way too slow. Gasoline is expensive - no need for a car. And enjoy the time here. For me, I suddenly run out of time. Could have spent one more month here. Still have a lot to see.
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Academic
Course recommendations
I came here for doing independent research and was not planning to have any courses. I would have liked to take part into one chemistry course if there had been one in english.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
More money for equipment (glassware etc) at the chemical laboratory.
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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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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
I would have liked to have a couse in Hungarian but since I arrived here one month after the course started I decided not to take part but to try to learn the basics by myself, which was a little bit hard since I could only fing books totally in Hungarian.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Government assistance<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Mobilephone, travelling a lot here.
Everything is cheaper here than in Finland so I enjoyed the meals but spent less money on everything else.
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Travel, Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Food:
was the same price as at home.
Overall, Nightlife, Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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