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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Independence, your own spot and right in the center of Cordoba. I don´t mind sharing the appartment with others as long as I don´t have to share my room with a stranger.
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Personal comments
The university´s accomodation facilities are pretty well organized with big classrooms, sufficient internet facilities, a excellent cafeteria and a big library.
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Cordoba is a very typical Andalusian city where there is an good variety of bars and nightclubs. It´s not comparable with Madrid or Sevilla where this aspect is much better but nobody complains.
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Academic
Course recommendations
One should inform well before plunging into the extensive courselists because some courses are far better than others. The course set-up is mainly a powerpoint presentation and explanations of the teacher. Active participation is not always the case!!
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
More active participation during classes and more opportunities to express oneself during exams (which is mainly pure reproduction of the course content- which still goes back to the dictatorship period of Franco)
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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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Overall
I wish I had known...
That finding a room, appartment is so easy: so I wouldn´t ahve worried before leaving.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Pick your courses with care, avoid law courses 8which are spanish-law-oriented courses with very difficult linquistic content).
speak good spanish before coming, students who don´t can get in trouble.
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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
*Prepare for the unbearable summer heat.
*Take care before buying mobile phones.
*Leave your car in your home country:no parking space and a lot of annoying troubles(especially for french students)
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* Go and travel around, it is doable to mix travelling with your studies and the region marvelous!!
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Accomadation costs are far less than in Amsterdam as is nightlive and food. Life in general is a bit cheaper in Spain.
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Housing, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Food, Travel:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Mobile phone tarifs are suprisingly expensive. .... If you travel: take the bus and forget about the AVE (speed train which is super expensive)
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Languages
Language of instruction: Spanish
Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your Spanish?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Before I arrived I had already lived six months in Mexico so the spanish language wasn´t a problem apart from the typical Andalusian accent in the beginning.
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