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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
Sometimes its disgusting, the walls are thin like paper etc. but you geht to know a lot of new people - it is easier to make friends when you live in a student hostel
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Personal comments
I lived at Beaulieu, that is a huge campus with a lot of student homes. Normally 40 persons share a kitchen and two bathrooms. There is no community room and you have to eat in your own room and everybody has to bring its own dishes etc. But it is green outside, there is a library, TV-room, computer room, sports facilities etc.
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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Travel, Nightlife, Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Bars at Rue St.Michel (Rue de la Soif) and Place St.Michel, Crêpries at Rue St.Georges.
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Academic
Course recommendations
The french university system is very different in comparison with the german one. Courses last normally three hours, there is hardly any interaction between the students and the professor. The libraries are not well equiped because french students take a lot of notes and have to know what they learn in the courses, the are not used to work alone on a theme.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
More Travaux Dirigés-courses, with less people and more interaction. No 3-hours courses, 2 hours are enough!
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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...
To bring dishes etc. Had to buy everything in France. A car is very useful to visit a lot of sites in the Bretagne.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Good combination of Political Science courses and law courses.
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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
At the beginning you have to do a lot of administration work. Bring a lot of passport-fotos, copies of your passport, an E128 sheet for the health-insurance and an international birth certificate. In France everybody has access to a housing-fund called CAF. This means that you can get a part of the money back that you pay for the housing. Get more informations at www.caf.fr
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br>
Government assistance<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
I wanted to visit the Bretagne, so I spent more money on traveling around and of course I wanted to stay in contact with friends at home which means higher telephone costs. Unfortunately there are no telephone lines in the student hostels, I had to buy a mobile and calling from a mobile is more expansive.
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Travel, Nightlife, Overall, Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Food:
was the same price as at home.
Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Bring dishes and cooking staff from home! Eat at the good university restaurants!
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Languages
Language of instruction: French
Was learning French a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my French
How much did you improve your French?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I never had problems to communicate with french people when I went out but at the beginning it was rather difficult to follow the courses (special language). But I improved and foreign students just have to do oral exams which makes the situation much easier.
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