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Università degli Studi di Firenze

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4.09 / 5 based on 203 reviews
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Annelies H
Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium
Medicine, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
because accomodation, nightlife and travel are dreadfully expensive
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Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
Administrative
Money from home
Personal comments
cost-saving tip: don't go to Firenze!!!!!
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Annelies H
Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium
Medicine, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Academic
Course recommendations
Well, to be honest, I didn't take any courses, I did an internship in the Careggi hospital, maybe that's why I didn't have much contact with other students...
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My academic experiences
Quality of courses
Variety of courses
Access to resources
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
An organisation to welcome and entertain International/Erasmus-students would be very usefull...Any organisation for students...they didn't seem to know what that means...
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My opinion of the university assessment
Exams at end of course
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
Overall
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Annelies H
Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium
Medicine, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Overall
I wish I had known...
not really
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In my opinion:
I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
1
Culture
4
Costs
1
Activities
3
Campus life
2
Party / people
3
Weather / location
4
Personal recommendation
Please, get organised!
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
3
Traveled
4
Improved language skills
4
Met people from other countries
3
Became more independent
4
Partied a lot
4
Experienced a change in life
4
Advanced my studies & career
2
Final comments
Once you've been there, you always want to return (after 5 days back home I'm already planning to go back...)
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Annelies H
Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium
Medicine, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Languages
Language of instruction: Italian
Was learning Italian a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your Italian?
My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Social
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Personal comments
First it was quite difficult to understand and speak italian...but since no one spoke something else (french, english,...) I had no other choice but to learn italian as good as possible...
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Annelies H
Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium
Medicine, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Activities
Nightlife
Travel
Overall
Personal comments
XO-bar at Via Verdi: nice and cheap discobar but closed during the summer SpaceElectronic (discoteca) near the station (SMN): students and tourists, great music! Andromeda (discoteca) near Piazza della Signoria: acceptable if you like la musica latino-americana...
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Annelies H
Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium
Medicine, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
I love to have my privacy and some space of my own...
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Personal assessment
Cost
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Personal comments
The university didn't give us any information about accomodation, only that it was impossible to rent something through the university...I had to look for something through a house rental agency... I won't give any comment about the prices they ask...
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