Reviews of Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration | Latvia

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Juliette L

KEDGE Business School, Bordeaux, France
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

Personal savings<br> An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

Life in Latvia is really really cheap

Overall, Travel, Telephone, Nightlife, Food, Housing:

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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Juliette L

KEDGE Business School, Bordeaux, France
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

Courses will be very easy and exam very hard, based in by heart, not really cool. Local student almost never spoke to us.

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

Try to communicate and explain better, can cannot guess what teacher want us to do

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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Juliette L

KEDGE Business School, Bordeaux, France
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning English a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my English

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: At ease in most situations

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

In Latvia lot of people don't speak english, sometimes it could be very complicated.

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Juliette L

KEDGE Business School, Bordeaux, France
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

This was great, the city is quite small and flat in the center of Riga are cheap and close to everyhting you need

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

none

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Juliette L

KEDGE Business School, Bordeaux, France
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

The Tim's Mints is the best bar ever in Riga! You should also see the Rock Caffe, the French bar is also a bar you should see

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Juliette L

KEDGE Business School, Bordeaux, France
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

In my opinion:

I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

4

Culture

4

Costs

1

Activities

3

Campus life

2

Party / people

4

Weather / location

1

Personal recommendation

Be sure you want to live in a really small city where you cannot speak the home language

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

That was a really cool experience! But all the Erasmu students had toubles with the Erasmus coordinator, she was helpful at all. Otherwise the life there is really cool, the city is small so it's very easy to meet new people, the life is also very cheap and travalling cost almost nothing

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