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Matteo L
Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Ruhr Uni is a great University, but the social life of the Germans is not like in Italy or in Spain or in England. It´s sometimes really difficult to have a personal direct approach with a German. But, for example, the professor are all really nice and normally they give to you their full disponibility. The facilities here are really good and you don´t have to wait a lot of time for to have all what you may need. Overall, really good.
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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
The Ruhrgebiet is not really a great place to stay. If you´re searching for history, or if you want to go sightseeing that´s not really your place. But here are the facilities for to help the students to travel good and cheap, sometimes really cheap. In this area you can find 5 big cities but only 2 of them are really good: Düsseldorf and Essen. In one and a half hour you can reach Köln with the train, and in two hour driving you can be in Amsterdam. So It´s not that bad.
Bochum is a calm city, with no particular attractions, except the "Bermuda Dreieck" that consist in a couple of street with a lot of pubs, cinemas and something else.
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Matteo L
Academic
Course recommendations
No, nothimg special.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
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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Matteo L
Languages
Language of instruction: German
Was learning German a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my German
How much did you improve your German?
My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I´m satisfatied. Before I couldn´t speak any German, but now I can understand quite all (sometimes I´ve still problems) and I can speak relatively easily.
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Matteo L
Expenses
Main source of funding:
A private grant
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Becuase telephone calls are more expensive than in Italy
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Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Housing, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Travel, Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Things for student are really cheap normally than in the other conuntries
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Matteo L
Housing
Type of housing: Room in a studenthostel
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
A little bit more space for me because I´m very tall and sometimes I needed it.
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Personal comments
The room was small but really comfortable, and at the end I´m happy to stay there. Sometimes I need more space, but it was good as well ´cause I could reach all my stuff in a second!! No, really the accomdation was good.
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Travel, Nightlife, Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Parties! Nobody have to miss the perties in this University! But I´ve to say that the music it´s not so good...it´s a little bit old and...too much heavy metal!!!!
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