Reviews of Universidad de Salamanca (USAL) | Spain

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jose j

Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Cd. Victoria, Mexico
Management Science, Graduate, University Agreement

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Government assistance

Other sources of funding:

none

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

Travelling within Spain could be more expensive rather to travel abroad (eg. Travel from Madrid to Cordova by AVE -train- is more than 100 euros round trip. Travelling from Valladolid to Charleroi -flying- was 38 euros round trip).

Food, Travel:

was more expensive than at home.

Housing, Nightlife, Overall:

was the same price as at home.

Telephone:

was less expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

Reading the "small letters" in the contracts. Spanish sometimes can´t get along with maths and errors may occur in their benefit.

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jose j

Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Cd. Victoria, Mexico
Management Science, Graduate, University Agreement

Academic

Course recommendations

If there is any hard course, an alternative school for support should be taken (eg. academias)

My academic experiences

Quality of courses

Variety of courses

Access to resources

Interaction with teachers

Interaction with international students

Interaction with local students

Personal comments

Give more pragmatic focus on certain topics for better understanding (some times is too much theoretical)

My opinion of the university assessment

Exams at end of course

Exams throughout the course

Essays and/or projects at the end of course

Essays and/or projects throughout the course

Overall

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jose j

Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Cd. Victoria, Mexico
Management Science, Graduate, University Agreement

Overall

I wish I had known...

Housing, holydays (there are plenty of them),local character of people (some times they can be very rude and they are not that "costume oriented").

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

4

Culture

3

Costs

4

Activities

3

Campus life

1

Party / people

3

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

To invest more on technology and achademic departments should be more interdependant.

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

Internet can be a powerful tool for doing many things (online tickets,online services -bank, celular phone,etc-,getting information about certain events. Four finding room one must visit a lot of places to compare before deciding.

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