Avis sur Université de Montréal

The main difference with Belgium is that I had to work a lot more during the semester. In Belgium, I only start to study before the exams, at the end of the term. In Mtl, I always had something to do, a paper due, an exam... But eventhough it was more work, you get easily good grades..

The courses were really interesting, i.e. I had the chance to take courses that don't even exist in Belgium (like on the phenomenon of the gangs, on the drugs, on intelligence, etc. PLUS the teachers were really open and at your disposal. I was a bit disappointed by the locals at University, it was hard to be friends - meaning doing stuff together other than just sit in class. Hopefully I got to know a bunch of great local friends thanks to my flatmates.

there's enough to choose from, however, there are not many undergraduate neuropsychology courses. Avoid taking neuropsychologie sensorielle, very narrow subject, not what I had hoped for... Course choices must be re-confirmed officially with a 'choix de cours' form, very important!

It's not enough to understand the material, because of the large amount of students, the teachers expect many details. some of them quite useless, all to increase the rivalry a bit. So: learn by heart! It's annoying, but don't worry, very few people fail a course here!

It's a good university, though very old, as you will see inside the buildings. It's not as personal as my home university, because it doesn't have the tutorial groups of the problem based learning system. But all in all, good enough!