Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM)

It's a great experience, wherever you can or choose to go. Don't wait to learn the language and to have fun, you always stay a very short time.

Learning the academic language is less difficult than learning street's language and slang. You should avoid to choose the easy way and spend all your time with other foreigners. That way you don't really learn the language. People are generally patient, and try to understand you when you try to express yourself...

aucun

In Madrid: there are many rooms to let in shared appartments, but you have to be patient if you look for quality. You have to look for a room on your own, and there's no service at university to help you. You may also have problems with appartment owners who want you to rent for at least 1 year. The good thing is that you can live in the best areas of the city center (and enjoy the best madrileña way of life) and go quite easily to the campus, as the public transportation system is excellent. On the campus: I didn't see the rooms, but I wouldn't like to live on that campus. The rooms are very expensive (more than in downtown Madrid), you have to share them with another student (unless your dad is a millionaire), it's quite far from any urban life (you can forget about any night life), no shops in the area (you have to take the train...), and living on a campus while being abroad is simply the best way to get depressed.

The best areas to go out: Lavapies (many alternative places, great multicultural atmosphere) and Malasaña, simply the best place to go out in Madrid. Just go out and let you guide by the night.