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4.32 / 5 based on 72 reviews
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Travel, Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
The best places to go out at night are in Bairro Alto, but also in Alfama you can find little "Tascas" where local people sing "Fados", the traditional music from Portugal. The village you can't miss is Sintra, near Lisbon, with the most incredible palace I've ever seen and a castle with very nice views. In Lisbon everything is beautiful, but if you don't know all the "Miradouros" you can't say you know the city.
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Because I like to have an independent life from university, I like to share the house with different people, but with rules we decide, not imposed (as in residences)
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Personal comments
All I know is that even if the accommodation at the university was cheaper, you had to share the room, and I didn't like it
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Languages
Language of instruction: Portuguese
Was learning Portuguese a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my Portuguese
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
When I arrived I couldn't say a word.I had thought it was going to be easier being spanish, but I found that not only I wasn't able to say anything, but I couldn't even understand. This was the first month, then I started to understand easily and finally learnt to pronounce more or less as they do. I think, knowing other languages helped me a lot, especially french, because it sounds similar.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
Because at home I used to live with my parents
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Housing, Food, Telephone, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Travel, Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Academic
My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
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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Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
If you don't know Lisbon, go and know it
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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
It's the perfect place to do a little bit of everything, studying, going to the beach (when it's not raining), working (not really for money, because the salary is quite bad)...
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