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4.29 / 5 based on 95 reviews
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
I woud choose again an apartment to life because it allows me to share my international experience with other "international" people in an independent way... and I would have to learn how to manage on my own, again!
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Personal comments
There is a Social Service to advice students about how to get an accomodation but what they offered us/me was living with a family, which didn´t fit with was I wanted.
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
I would say Bairro Alto is the best area to have a nice coffee watching people walking around... and also the hot-spot of Lisbon night life. Portas Longas in Rua Altamira is the best place to go for a beer while you listen to fados and talk to people (everybody talks to everybody there... I don´t know what they put in the drinks. And Miradouro da Graça is an unavoidable place to have a coffee with Lisbon at your feet on a sun set.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
I whish I knew the word hurry was not in the portuguese dictionaries. Now I know and I love tha way of life, but at the begining was a real cultural shock!
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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
I wouldn´t recommend my university except for those who study economics, the rest of the courses were so-so. And about the atmosphere, it was not as open as I expected it would be.
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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
You can find some photos I took in Lisbon at:
http://www.dreamwater.com/inesgalba/lisboa.htm
and some personal (and highly subjective) impresions, in spanish only, sorry, at:
http://www.dreamwater.com/inesgalba/IMPRESIONES.htm
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Academic
Course recommendations
I would say the academic side of the experience was not the best because I didn´t find very interesting the courses offered and the academic demand was quite poor.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
I would encourage students to look for extra-academic resources or maybe a part time job, so the the interaction and integration in the social life in Lisbon would be more interesting as the university I went to was more an elitist one in regard to social classes than in the academic level.
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My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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Languages
Language of instruction: Portuguese
Was learning Portuguese a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your Portuguese?
My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I could only speak some phrases in portuguese before I went there, and most of them I had taken from lyrics of fados and brazilian music, but people from Lisbon are so patient and curious about foreign peole that I hardly could avoid to learn the language ;)
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Most of the things and services in Portugal are cheaper then in Spain but I don´t know why, maybe ´cos I didn´t worry that much about conversions, I spent more being there
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Telephone, Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Food:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
I would say it´s rather difficult to find cheap accomodation in the heart of Lisbon even when the appartments were old and sometimes ancient, but it always depend on what are your preferences.
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