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4.37 / 5 based on 148 reviews

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Arnaud L
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The weather is very strange. It is always changing from one day to another.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
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Personal recommendation
If you have a lot of classes it will be quite difficult. Moreover be prepare to work late (sometimes until 10P.M.)
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During my experience abroad, I ...
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Final comments
If you have something to do with the public administration, banks, etc...Go and see them in the morning-They don't work the afternoon !!
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Anna S
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
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Personal recommendation
Go there! Cool city. Friendly students. Good teachers. Relaxed life. A beach, surfing possibilities, mountains with snow. Fun nightlife.
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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
Try to make friends with students from other countries. Don't hang with students from your home country. Find Spanish and Latinamericans friends to really learn Spanish. Have fun! Go out at night. Especially in the beginning. That's when you get to know most people.
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Philippe G
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I wish I had known...
stay away from Erasmus Students to learn even more on social/academic/cultural life...
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
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Personal recommendation
not a lot to do beside sports...
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During my experience abroad, I ...
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Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
It should be an obligation for university students... 6 months abroad
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Veronica P
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Weather changes ten times a day
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Ask locals about your teachers behaviour, and change course if it's better to
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During my experience abroad, I ...
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Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
Santander is fantastic because of the ocean, you'll love it. But University life is quite hard, forget to receive any special treatment from teachers. You're not different from local students, if you have some problem they just don't care.
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Vanessa R
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More information about other countries as I have found out that before I was quite ignorant of what was happening in the world whereas now I am learning more about the political situations in other countries and their histories.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
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Personal recommendation
Improve the library
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During my experience abroad, I ...
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Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
Santander has really cheap flights as Ryan air flies to London, Rome and Frankfurt. Also it´s only 1.5hours from Bilbao which also has a great airport. There is no dialect spoken here so to learn castellano it is one of the best parts in Spain. It is right on the coast so if you like seafood you will love Santander. Has a beautiful beach too...
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anonymous
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I wish I had known...
That it was necessary to have an umbrella in Santander!
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Management is an ok course to study and it is easy to pass, university life doesn't really exist and the students aren't very sociable.
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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
If I was to do it all again I would perhaps go somewhere further south as the people in the north are quite cold and it was difficult gettin to know spanish people.
Get to know as many people as you can and don't fall into the trap of speaking your native language.
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