Reviews of Universidade Fernando Pessoa | Portugal

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zuzana H

Univerzita Komenskeho V Bratislave, Bratislava, Slovakia
Management Science, Graduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

well prepared teacher, very interesting new info, different style of teaching...moer relax than in Slovakia.My home University knowladge requirements level is/was much higher in general

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

it was is balance- Erazmus experience/ level of difficulty

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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Julia L

Rigas Tehniska Universitate, Riga, Latvia
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Was learning English a key decision factor?

No, it wasn't.

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

As i said before, there were some language problems in the beginning in the 1st month. after that-no problems. We didn't choose the course held in pt in the beginning because we didn't know pt. In fact, if u know italian, spanish, romanian its very easy to learn pt. After a month it was equal for us to study and communicate both in english and pt. There are few people in pt that speak eng, espacially older people and Brazilians, so we had to start talking pt from the very 1st day. Since i know Spanish, I can tell that pt is a kinda simplified Spanish

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Tau A

Universitatea Aurel Vlaicu, Arad, Romania
Engineering, Computer, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

I wish i had known a little bit of portuguese when i arrived there.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

4

Costs

4

Activities

4

Campus life

1

Party / people

3

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

The best university in Portugal. Continue like this.

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

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

3

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

3

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

The people in Porto are very opened,the city is clean, the beaches are nice and clean, the sommers are perfect and the places where you can travel... hundreds of them. Keep your camera with you all the time!

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Eneko M

Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio, Madrid, Spain
Engineering, Civil, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

No

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

2

Culture

4

Costs

3

Activities

4

Campus life

4

Party / people

4

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

A residence is a good place to start meeting local people and other Erasmus students. If you are going not for a very long time and want lo meet local people I recomend it.

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

3

Became more independent

1

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

?

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Matiss S

Rigas Tehniska Universitate, Riga, Latvia
Architecture, Graduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Other sources of funding:

Family
Government assistance

Work opportunities:

I didn't want/need to work

Personal spending habits

In general (supermarket prices) are lower than in Latvia (food, clothing, telephone etc). Housing price for me was 150eur/month, but in Latvia: 35eur/month Erasmus night life is more active than casual student night life! I travelled as much as i could! end! Erasmus

Housing, Nightlife, Travel:

was more expensive than at home.

Food, Telephone, Overall:

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

Expensive public transport! Cheapest way to get there-Ryanair (for me Riga-Porto-Riga about 100eur) Do your shoppings in Minipreco or Continente suprmarkets with costumer card. Than it is very cheap! Good second hand houshold shop near Praca Republica!

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