Reviews of Politecnico di Torino | Italy

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ricardosaito

Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Engineering, Technology, Graduate, University Agreement

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

Because we have some single rooms completely independent. Usually people has different habits and cultures. Maybe respect is not easy to find everywhere. So if you have conditions to study hard and have fun is perfect. People in the city town appartments are often living there from years. So thinks that have more facilities than you. Maybe in the campus, where there is not an "appartment owner", the rights and duties will be more equal. A foreigner when arrived in Turim has no many options to make up your mind.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

Now I'm better after changed house 4 times in 1 year. My first choose was the international hostel (Politecnico doesn't have places to his students - Awful!!!!). I've be there for 1 month trying to find some appartments. My second place was the cheapest room that I've find. But it was not so much comfortable 5 persons in a 2 rooms flat (was awful as well ). So, after 9 months, my father has a better economical situation and I changed that accomodation for a room in a family's house. There was amazing, but the contract was only for 3 months. So, at the moment I'm in a student's residence, and it's a cool place, it's my 1 week there, so maybe would be better hold on more time to make a more accurate analysis.

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ricardosaito

Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Engineering, Technology, Graduate, University Agreement

Student life

Describe host city:

Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

Travel, Nightlife, Activities: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Via della Consolata have a lot of pubs. I murazzi in the summer is a good options to get fun in the Turin's night. Cafe universitario is a good options to get the breakfast

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ricardosaito

Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Engineering, Technology, Graduate, University Agreement

Academic

Course recommendations

Yes the network group has exceptional professors (Marsan, Leonardis, Neri, Bainco) and some professor in the III Faculty are very important, example: Sergio Bennedeto, Ezio Biglieri

My academic experiences

Quality of courses

Variety of courses

Access to resources

Interaction with teachers

Interaction with international students

Interaction with local students

Personal comments

More interaction between professors and students.

My opinion of the university assessment

Exams at end of course

Exams throughout the course

Essays and/or projects at the end of course

Essays and/or projects throughout the course

Overall

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ricardosaito

Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Engineering, Technology, Graduate, University Agreement

Languages

Language of instruction: Italian

Was learning Italian a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Italian

How much did you improve your Italian?

My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

In the university you can's practise to much. The better moment to do it going out to get fun with some other international students and in the university's restaurant

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