If you can, try to follow classes in the old buildings. They are beautiful!! Do remember though to bring a pillow or something..The wooden benches get hard as stone after sitting on them for 2 hours!!:)
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During my experience abroad, I ... (1) Never – (4) A lot
Coimbra and the country are proud to have one of the oldest universities in Europe, the widely known University of Coimbra. Reformed long ago, the Law Faculty is the oldest in the country and a living museum. Great traditional student life is a motive to see the city in first person. It is truly magical and centuries of teaching are still present today.
In terms of teaching, it has the same flow. The Law course is old fashioned and doesn't follow the established rules of practical law, that are taught in Lisbon or Oporto. Coimbra school needs to update itself to our times, refreshing its course with new ways and methods of teaching that can prepare the students to an everyday life in the field of law.