Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Watch out ! The university is "autonomous", it was created to promote the catalan language & culture, so most of the classes are in catalan. If you plan to learn Spanish, you won't have much choice among the classes given there. Many teachers will tell you that they'd rather teach you in French or English, and organize a special class especially for foreign students just after the "regular" class in Catalan, than use Spanish. Beware, then, and try to check that the classes that interest you most are given in Spanish. This university is desperately trying to label itself "international", and has many exchange agreements with foreign universities, but is also eager to promote catalan. It is kind of locked up in its own contradiction.

They should solve the language problem first !

no.

you have to get used to the catalan mentality but as you live in Barcelona you don't mind a little patriotism in your university.

Food is a bit cheaper in BCN than in the Netherlands. On the other categories I spend more because i was more active and tried to get everything out of the time I had there.

How stressful can be to study abroad: a little event can become a "mountain" for you (in positive or negative way)

- beware of the location: twenty kms from the center of the city (Barcelona) - the importance of catalan speaking. It could be very stressful during a course very difficult.

It may have been better to go to an only Spanish-speaking region.

If you want to satisfy a specific interest within your studies and wish to do it in Spanish, you will have a much wider choice in another city in Spain.