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3.99 / 5 based on 303 reviews
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
calling:international, more expensive, no telephone at my home, nightlive, almost everything free entrance, different in holland
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Telephone, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing:
was the same price as at home.
Food, Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
keeping contact with the rest of the world, expensive, but youll find ways to save money, or you dont.....
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Languages
Language of instruction: Spanish
Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your Spanish?
My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
fine, nice to speak yet another language.....
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anonymous
Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
because of the location, the city, the language, very strong, but its already a very popular place to go as far as i know...
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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
youre stupid if you dont use the opportunity to go abroad, it is great...
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Academic
Course recommendations
no, totally depends on your taste, some teachers dont like erasmusstudents though, some groups there are alot of foreign students, other none...
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
pump more money into it, better facilities would be nice, i heard it is one of the poorest faculties of the upc, but i heard too that alot of money just disappears here in the south of europe...
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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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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
theres places for everybody to go, there is so much to do, and anybody will find his or her favorite bar or disco, no problema
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
just want to live on my own, independent
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Personal comments
university is fine, teachers are good, but the school hasnt got alot of money,
so the facilities, almost no computers, no airconditioning, anyway, not much for a school of architecture, and the spanish(catalan)students have to do quite alot at the same time, so if youre going to study here, and you dont speak the language yet, then dont choose to much at the same time...
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