Universidad del Salvador (USAL)

I wish I had known what the living situation was going to be like. I loved my roommates very much, but I think that all of us would agree that we would have benefited from more interaction with local people.

I was actually quite pleased with this university. They put a lot of emphasis on the intellectual, they take their studies seriously. B.A. has a rich literary history and the USAL takes advantage of that. Also the professors for the most part were very helpful and interesting and imformative.

One can easily meet other exchange students through the foreign office at school. There are activities and in the Spanish class you will meet people in the same situation. Very important: The exchange program that some universities have with Universidad del Salvador= inform whether they have it with your school or whether they can build it up. In that case you will have housing arranged, food in the cantine and maybe a grant. Makes things a lot easier.

You should be independent and easily to meet people. Because the local students do not interact that much with exchangers. You will have to contact people. The exchange students are quite open-minded and easily to access.

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Universidad del Salvador is one of the 3 bigest private Unis in Argentina. Academically is not wow!!! but it's a friendly uni and the students (middle-class) are nice. I won't recommend this uni if you study politics, law or economics. Then go to UBA or BELGRANO, wich are stronger.