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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 both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
the best bars/discos for sure: Theresien Bräu, Limerick Irish Pub, Stadt Cafe, Hofgarten. Don't miss the International Ski jump on January, the Museums Night on October and all the trips you can go with the Students Association.And many other things as you can imagine....
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
You have better facilities and you don't have to share a kitchen with 20 people.
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Personal comments
It's really easy to find, through a web page ex: http://www.jobwohnen.at
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Because Austria is a bit more expensive than Portugal, but the difference is not so big nowadays.
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Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Don't forget to take VISA card with you, you never know if it will be necessary. ISIC, international student card is a good way to have both. It helped me some times...
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Academic
Course recommendations
Geography must be definetly done in Innbsruck. considered this year the 3rd best university for geography, among German language Universities (Switzerland, Germany, Austria)
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
There's always something that can be improoved but I think they are already on the top.
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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
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Overall
I wish I had known...
A bit more the german language :) but it was easy anyway.
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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
The University is really nice, in geography there is a fantastic athmosphere. I talked with many other erasmus friends (I meet around 200..) and everyone told me they didn't have such a good relationship with the local students as I did. They are very helpful, and we make a lot of excursions (about 4 days each one), that helps to get to know better the other students.
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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 quality of teachers is quite good, the atmosphere the same. The city is not the best for nightlife but it's good, enough for a year in erasmus (I missed some bars..) You cannot miss the ski in winter, and to walk in the mountains in summer. Go to as many parties as you can, to meet more people. But don't forget the studies. Very important is to travel a lot, not in the beginning of Erasmus but from February till July I visited more that 10 countries...for a portuguese every country seems to be near!
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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: Basic phrases
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
It was really important for me to be on a german course for Erasmus, don't miss it. Even if you don't pass on the 1st exam, in which they choose who can stay there learning, you can try to ask to let you be there.It's for free so don't give up. Also important is to be with other erasmus students, there are some who already have a very good knowledge of the language and they speak "hoch deutsch" that means that they speak the german you learn in school, not dialect, and they speak also slower..always important for someone that isn't native speaking:)Never speak in english...you need to improve your german.
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