Universidade de Macau

Mandarin Hotel, DD, Bex... there are not so much place to go out, but those few places are very nice: Canadians groups come and sing popular songs for the us.

Macau positions itself as an international tourism city--there are a lots tourism events held by local government, like international firework festival, etc.

The choice of Macao was mainly cultural. Afterward I wished I wished to have chosen the Cantonese language lessons. I thought a half year was to short.

The appartments were large enough. Although not a long time in spent in there.

In the university I didnt face real prolems regarding the language, since I am ver fluent and used to English as my first language anyway. But it was often difficult to listen to the Chinese students during presentations or groupwork. the language knowledge of the teachers are good. In the social life it was no problem with speaking english- since i mainly was only with exchange students. The everyday life is difficult due to the language, as nobody in restaurants, taxis etc understands english. that is sometims really annoying.

The international coordinator proposed us to stay over the university or to rent a private appartment. In any cases, they were there to help us by having the right intermediary.