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4.12 / 5 based on 399 reviews
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alexa m
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Law, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Overall
I wish I had known...
No, my University provided lots of information and I was able to meet with students who had lived in Groningen the year before.
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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
3
Costs
3
Activities
3
Campus life
3
Party / people
4
Weather / location
3
Personal recommendation
Groningen is an excellent choice for your ERASMUS year. It is a beautiful city that is small enough to get to know it really well but large enough to have plently of life and culture. The university itself has a good reputation and courses and wide ranging and enjoyable. One thing I would strongly advise is to seek accomadation in a student house rather than a private flat, as this was probably the best part of my year away and makes meeting people very easy and non-stressful.
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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
2
Met people from other countries
4
Became more independent
4
Partied a lot
4
Experienced a change in life
4
Advanced my studies & career
4
Final comments
Be careful not to get ripped off by local bike shops who make a killing out of exploiting foreign students. A second hand bike should cost no more than 50 euros. Student rail cards can be bought at the station if you take your student card and a photo, which gets you a big discount if you want to go to Amsterdam, The Hague or wherever takes your fancy for the weekend.
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heli
Turun Yliopisto, Turku, Finland
political science at home, but in Groningen I studied Europe, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Overall
I wish I had known...
It would have been useful to know already in advance that I am allowed to take courses also from the other faculties. I knew hardly anything of the country before I left, but I liked it that way: it was an adventure and I enjoyed every moment!!!
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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
Academic reasons
4
Culture
3
Costs
2
Activities
2
Campus life
1
Party / people
2
Weather / location
2
Personal recommendation
The department of European Law is really good!!
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
4
Traveled
3
Improved language skills
3
Met people from other countries
4
Became more independent
4
Partied a lot
4
Experienced a change in life
4
Advanced my studies & career
4
Final comments
If you're planing to travel a lot, it's worth while to buy a special discount card for the railways. It costs about 100 fl, but you get a 40% discount of the ticket prises with it, so it pays off quickly. Check out the extremely cheap bus trips to, for example, London and Spain!!! And don't mind the rain - you'll get used to it...
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rezmok
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
History, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Overall
I wish I had known...
Nothing major, best fun was learning as I went along.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
3
Culture
3
Costs
3
Activities
3
Campus life
2
Party / people
3
Weather / location
2
Personal recommendation
Groningen is a fantastic place to study, a real student-town. The university-staff were really helpful and relaxed.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
4
Traveled
4
Improved language skills
1
Met people from other countries
4
Became more independent
4
Partied a lot
4
Experienced a change in life
4
Advanced my studies & career
3
Final comments
Don't think twice if you're considering coming here, it really was the best experience I've had. Make sure you secure accommodation before you arrive, be prepared for some initial communication problems (you'll get over these soon enough!) and make the most of your time abroad, it'll be over before you know it. You're going to have an amazing time!
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Worry not of Etcetera and Other stuffses
Cleophas A
Netherlands, Undergraduate
History, 2023
Overall
My university's  greatest grant to me is in the opportunity of its location( versus my place of origin ). A continent before my feet, for me to tread as I dare. (In fear of you misunderstanding this statement as a melodramatic divulgence of my otherwise burgeoning, now unencumbered yearning to do the Good and the Great , I shall qualify the sentence above as follows:  I like to go for very long walks... and the scenery here is satisfactorily novel.)

You may think this too  an observation to present , but were I to attempt to express otherwise, it would result in mybsprouting into sanctamonious sermon on the state of tutorship in higher education,before  I work myself into a proclamation ("Calamity hath befallen us!", or something to similar effect). Then, dismissing what ever (woefully) small shreds of propriety, yet to take their leave, I would leap forth, rhetoric bitter and bitting, arduously weilding assumption (tempered too long, I fear, in contempt and whetwith a bourock of ungracious, even provocative generalisations ) upon things I might declare as, "questionable tertiary institutional practices, plenary contradictions in-" blah blah blah, etcetera-and-other-stuffses. Thus ceding to futher ravings then blubbering then warbling, then weeping. I would rather much prefer to do otherwise. 

I shall to admit you these things though. The university you read of is very possibly, if not probably, a perfectly lovely and wonderful place for you to go do all your learning stuffses. It could very well  even be an Institution of  Reckoning, dealing you value as you hoped it worth receiving.

I am but a simple manchild, that sought to frolick as  he pleases through many a-Europey (europesque?) place. If anything, I'd suggest you consider my tepid dismissals as gleaming commendation.

For remember, I am but a manchild,
And thus, these words, should eyes tread best lightly.
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Pros
Adequate access to Europey-go-walk-places
Cons
The other stuffses
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Gerda L
Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Overall
I wish I had known...
www.kamernet.nl … homepage to find a accomodation
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
1
Culture
1
Costs
4
Activities
1
Campus life
2
Party / people
1
Weather / location
1
Personal recommendation
Provides excellent business courses. I took part in several marketing courses and I can recommend them business students, who are interested in marketing.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
4
Traveled
4
Improved language skills
4
Met people from other countries
4
Became more independent
2
Partied a lot
4
Experienced a change in life
2
Advanced my studies & career
4
Final comments
www.ns.nl....travel www.vvv.nl...tourism www.groningen.nl....groningen www.rug.nl...Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
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twood
Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, United States
International Relations, Undergraduate, ISEP
Overall
I wish I had known...
um...yeah to pack lightly and leave extra space for the return home.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
3
Culture
4
Costs
1
Activities
2
Campus life
2
Party / people
4
Weather / location
2
Personal recommendation
Groningen's fantastic, really. Go for it.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
4
Traveled
3
Improved language skills
2
Met people from other countries
4
Became more independent
4
Partied a lot
4
Experienced a change in life
3
Advanced my studies & career
4
Final comments
If you have a laptop, bring it because it will help immensely. Also, be ready to purchase a bicycle and mobile phone while you're there. And the toilets are funny. Good luck!
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