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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: 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
segafredo near the sowi, couch club, jimmys, must go to air n style
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
cheaper, closer to town
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Personal comments
quite cheap to share a room, nice room, just a bit too far from the centre of town
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Languages
Language of instruction: German
Was learning German a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your German?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
most situations were ok. studying was a bit hard at times.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
A private grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
austria, especially innsbruck is much more expensive than australia. and i went out a lot more!
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Food, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
try to send or take any household items.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
take as much money as possible!
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
go in the winter semester - snowboarding was great. you won't regret 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
get a train vorteilskarte (cheap and worth it). buy a season pass as soon as you can (you can probably sell it when you leave). make sure you go to sigi's!
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Academic
Course recommendations
development economics - easy, handelsmanagement - boring but easy, wirtschafts- und waehrungspolitik - hard but interesting
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
don't study too hard!
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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