Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU)

As far as I remember there is an accommodation service but I had been told that this is very expensive and that would be very easy to find a place to stay. The "problem" of using the service is that you will be placed with other exchange students. This isn't a really good way to improve your Spanish which was at least my main objective. Better is trying to find something with another Spanish person. I have to admit that this is quite dificult because Spanish students tend to live at home with their parents. But you'll never know unless you try.

They had very nice people to help you to find rooms in sahred appartments

I got a list with apartments and rooms available from the university but they don't offer you any further help. The rooms of the university are way to expensive.

The university has a special office which helps foreign students to find accomodation. The best option is to get there early in September when you can take your pick from all the apartments available, we went at the end of september when it was more difficult to find apartments.

The university is quite big, but the faculty is very small. I estimate, about 300 students. The onliest problem is, that there are not sufficient computers. One course is about 50 students, and you have good contact to the professor.

It would be nice to get some help in searching a department. Appartments in the web pages of the Uni are very exppensive, nott realistic.