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Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)

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4.30 / 5 based on 617 reviews
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Ismail j
IAE Aix Marseille Graduate School of Management, Aix-en-Provence, France
Translation/Interpretation, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Activities
Nightlife
Travel
Overall
Personal comments
the Luxx , erasmus cafe , la Semana Santa
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Ismail j
IAE Aix Marseille Graduate School of Management, Aix-en-Provence, France
Translation/Interpretation, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
in order to meet or to live with other students from all over the world students
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Personal assessment
Cost
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Personal comments
it was great I lived with 7 spanish girls and it was super for me to practice my spanish.
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Ismail j
IAE Aix Marseille Graduate School of Management, Aix-en-Provence, France
Translation/Interpretation, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Overall
I wish I had known...
about the weather
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
4
Culture
3
Costs
4
Activities
4
Campus life
3
Party / people
3
Weather / location
2
Personal recommendation
a good university and nice prefesors it does not really matter if your spanish it is not so good you go there to learn
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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
I travelled in the south of spain it was wonderful , i was in portugal because it was not very far away from salamanca , i went to madrid . it is not expensive to travel in spain with bus but sometimes you can spent 6 hours thereit is so long
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Ismail j
IAE Aix Marseille Graduate School of Management, Aix-en-Provence, France
Translation/Interpretation, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Academic
Course recommendations
it is important to choose one or two courses of spanish language
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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
none
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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
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Ismail j
IAE Aix Marseille Graduate School of Management, Aix-en-Provence, France
Translation/Interpretation, Undergraduate, Erasmus
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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Social
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Personal comments
people in salamanca were very nice and they spoke slowly and repeated several time if i did not hunderstand.I lived with spansish people and all my friends were not french and for me it was great because all the time I had to speak spanish or english
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Ismail j
IAE Aix Marseille Graduate School of Management, Aix-en-Provence, France
Translation/Interpretation, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
I spent more money than at home because in france i lived with my parents i have not to pay food house but when I was in spain i have to pay all and I spend more money for night life because in spain it is so great to go out and it is cheaper it is the reason nearly every day i go out when I was there
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Food, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing:
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
no
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