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4.16 / 5 based on 504 reviews
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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Bologna never sleeps! Our favourite spot was Corto Maltese on Sunday evenings. Great atmosphere and a lot of international people!
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Living in an apartment with other people didn't cause any problems for me. In the end, we were like a little family (all brothers and sisters) and that felt just great!
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Personal comments
Rooms in the city centre are quite expensive and most of the time you don't have much space. My appartment was just 10 minutes walk from the city centre and it was clean and not too expensive (250 Euro/month).
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Academic
Course recommendations
Talk to the professors. Often they agree that you can write papers in English.
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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
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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
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
As most Italians don't speak other languages you have to speak Italian. Also among Erasmusstudents Italian is often thé language. I guess because I met a lot of Spanish people and as I don't speak Spanish and they most of the times didn't speak English, Italian was the most appropriate language. And in the end you get used to thinking in Italian and it got even quite difficult to use English after a while!
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Overall
I wish I had known...
I wish I had known before that 5 months are too short to stay abroad. If I had known I would have such a good time, I would have applied for a full year!
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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
I met amazing people! We did fabulous things! People in Bologna are so open, you never feel lonely!
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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
Don't stay in Bologna all the time, but take this opportunity to cross Italy from East to West, from North to South! And learn to know the many differences of this great culture!
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Life is expensive in Italy, especially nightlife and as you have to enjoy every moment in this fabulous country I didn't really care this Erasmusstay was a quite expensive period in my life.
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Food, Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Give parties at your appartment instead of going out in clubs!
Learn to know Italian people so you can visit them and have a cheap stay in different parts of Italy!
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