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4.06 / 5 based on 140 reviews

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sabri g
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
do not miss quiema de fitas it is a special fest for graduate students and it is unbelievable
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flavio76
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Don't absolutely loose O jantar dos caloiros and the Queima das fitas: they are the two main university events.Go to the Praia da luz to take a coffe and you won't have problems to find a gym for training.Ribeira and so on and on...
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Urszula F
Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
In Poland I live with my family so I don't have to spend much money on food or accomodation.
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Food, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items

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Tau A
Universitatea Aurel Vlaicu, Arad, Romania
Engineering, Computer, Undergraduate, Erasmus
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: Did not speak it
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Portuguese being a latin language i learned it very fast, because we had prtuguese clases in the university.The communiction with the teachers was in english at the beginnig and in local language in the second semester.
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Karl P
Housing
Type of housing: A room exchange
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
I think it is the way to know any people and costums
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Personal comments
it was a great personal experence.
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jboj
Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
Personal comments
the student's hall has a great location, but it's far too far away from the university.
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