Université Toulouse II - Le Mirail

I wish I had brought more comfortable shoes and warm clothes. My home university is in San Diego, so I had brought a light jacket, skirts, flipflops and tanktops. Toulouse is warmer than most French cities, but not THAT warm! I had to buy practically another wardrobe.

The university itself is not where you will spend most of your time or make your friends. Your experience in the city itself will be more exciting. Campus life is not like here in the US. There, students live offcampus in their own apartments. Academically, Toulouse is a good University, but it's not the best. The city of Toulouse, however, is the probably the best place to spend your year abroad. The people are wonderful and there is so much to do and so much going on. In the year I was there, it was pretty much agreed that Toulouse was by far the best city to go to in France. I fully recommend going to Toulouse.

There are a good deal more differences between french and english culture than I expected but I don't wish that I had been warned about it. Half the fun and excitement of being here was discovering and discussing all the social and cultural differences that I experienced.

The people are generally open minded and friendly at Toulouse Le Mirail and the university offered a wide range of diverse and fun activities including dancing, horseriding and snowboarding. The lessons were generally well taught and there was a huge range of courses to choose from.

Toulouse is a beutifull city where your studies are not that hard if you attend your courses! Also a great night life. Try to get a copy of Toulouseby Night passport and you will see how cool it is

Great Fun! Teachers could have been more helpful!