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Pontífica Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC)

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4.42 / 5 based on 138 reviews
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Elisa R
Università degli Studi di Trento, Trento, Italy
Banking, Graduate, University Agreement
Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Nightlife, Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Activities
Nightlife
Travel
Overall
Personal comments
:D Barrio latino.
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Elisa R
Università degli Studi di Trento, Trento, Italy
Banking, Graduate, University Agreement
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
It was perfect.
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Personal assessment
Cost
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Personal comments
They have a different way of thinking about education, for them it is not only to shape future specialist worker, but to push up your overall personal development. I did Erasmus in Belgium as well and there it was a completely different experience.
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Elisa R
Università degli Studi di Trento, Trento, Italy
Banking, Graduate, University Agreement
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Other
Other sources of funding:
Other
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
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Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing, Food, Nightlife, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
Administrative
Money from home
Personal comments
none
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Elisa R
Università degli Studi di Trento, Trento, Italy
Banking, Graduate, University Agreement
Academic
Course recommendations
Actually I was there to do research for my Master thesis.
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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
none
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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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Elisa R
Università degli Studi di Trento, Trento, Italy
Banking, Graduate, University Agreement
Overall
I wish I had known...
No, it was suprising in a lot of different ways.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
4
Culture
4
Costs
3
Activities
3
Campus life
2
Party / people
3
Weather / location
4
Personal recommendation
It's great to understand that your life dipend on a lot of different dimensions, and you have to look at all of them, if you want to develop at human scale.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
3
Traveled
4
Improved language skills
4
Met people from other countries
4
Became more independent
4
Partied a lot
3
Experienced a change in life
4
Advanced my studies & career
3
Final comments
It was great, and it was definitely a special contribute for my thesis, and conclude my university career with something different, respect to stay in Italy just studying on book all the time.
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Elisa R
Università degli Studi di Trento, Trento, Italy
Banking, Graduate, University Agreement
Languages
Language of instruction: Spanish
Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my Spanish
How much did you improve your Spanish?
My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Social
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Personal comments
Learning Spanish was easier than I expected. El hecho es que italiano y español son dos idiomas muy similares.
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