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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
The Naviglio area is great in summer. Exchange students have regular, cheap places to go (such as Palo Alto0, but you get bored after a couple of months. It's worthwhile to go to other places as well. I really liked a small Cuban bar (good drinks, great atmosphere), I have forgotten the name but I thin it was on the street between Bocconi and Naviglio, from Bestrice d'Este to Piaggio Marzo XIV or something.
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
It's so easy to live at a dorm and you get to meet a lot of people, including locals.
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Personal comments
The dorm I lived in didn't look very nice and the corridors were cold in the winter, but I enjoyed living there since my friends lived there as well. There was a cafe downstairs and we used to have dinners there together, which was great.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br>
A private grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Food, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Travel, Housing, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Languages
Language of instruction: Italian
Was learning Italian a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my Italian
How much did you improve your Italian?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I prefered studying in Italian, but many exchange students took only courses in English. I basically understood everything (except when people were speaking a Southern dialect) but I didn't have a chance to activate my language skills because Italians really want to talk English to you.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
You don't have that much time to learn a language because you interact so much with other foreign students. So it's better to activate your language skills before you go.
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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
It's a good, well-known university but do'nt expect the teaching methods to be anything extraordinary. From a Nordic point of view, they have few case studies etc. and rely too much on lectures and exams.
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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
The career services is great. People who really wanted to do an internship in Italy, had a good chance of finding a place. In Italy, employers hire interns from foreign countries only if they study at a local university, so it's best to find a job/internship while you are doing your exchange semester.
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Academic
Course recommendations
In some Italian courses, you can take the final exam in English, which is a great help. Courses in finance are supposed to be very demanding.
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Interaction with international students
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