Reviews of Universitat de Barcelona (UB) | Spain

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tommyohlen

Örebro Universitet, Örebro, Sweden
Banking, Graduate, Erasmus

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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Here in Barcelona everybody speak katalan and spanish, but I dont speak catalan, just spansih, so then in the social situation, when I am alone whit one catalan, they are speaking spanish to me, but when they are 3-4 they start to speak catalan, I mean it is a big problem, but what can I do, I can not forbidden them to speak catalan, and they are always speking katalan whit theirs friends and family, so why will they change just becaouse I am whit them. but if I will be a little bit bad, it is a problem for them as well, becouse everybody speak catalan, but nobody speak english. What more, about my spanish ofcaouse my spanish is better now after a year here in Barcelona, but not so much as I wished. I mean it is 2 problem, the fisrt one is the cataln, the second one is that in the univerist I was studing economices, and not spansih, I have not ant problem to read a Micro littrature in spanish, or to understand the teacher in spansih, becaouse the vocabulary is alway the same, but I had not time to take a spansish couses, so then, my spansih grammar is still quite bad.

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tommyohlen

Örebro Universitet, Örebro, Sweden
Banking, Graduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Government assistance

Other sources of funding:

Family
Personal savings
Government assistance
An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I worked during my study abroad experience

Personal spending habits

At food I spend more becaouse I dont like cocking and especially when I have to cook just for myself, and travelling i spenf more then at home becaouse I wentr to Madrid, alicante, pais vasco.

Food, Nightlife, Travel:

was more expensive than at home.

Housing, Overall:

was the same price as at home.

Telephone:

was less expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

The gas in the flat was really really expencive, we were 4 inth eflat and we got a gas factura on 107000 de pesetas for 2 month, I mean, it was a little bit to much.

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tommyohlen

Örebro Universitet, Örebro, Sweden
Banking, Graduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

I think the students quality of english, is quite low, but another hand, the quality of matimatices is really really high. Some courses was in Catalan, and I dont speak catalan, and it is quite similare to fraces, but it does not matter, becaouse I dont speak frances either. I asked the teacher to change the langues, but he told me No. some teachers changed the langue and some not, a friend of maid, got the answer, I am not your spanish teacher¡ so then I am going to have the clase in katalan. The courses is quite dificult and I dont think it is more easy for the erasmusstudent as for the catalan students, I mean I fail Economices history of catalonia, and I was in barcelona whit erasmus, but another hand I pass marco 4. I Think in sweden all the erasmus pass everything, but not here, I have so many exemple for this one, last semester was is a couses call MOF ( matimatices operation and finace) and all esramus student failed the exam) Another thing to think about is the reexamen is in september, so if you fail a examen in january, you have to wait until september. I failed Micro 3 and have to wait until september, I told to the teacher, and he told me, youhav to wait until september like averybody.

My academic experiences

Quality of courses

Variety of courses

Access to resources

Interaction with teachers

Interaction with international students

Interaction with local students

Personal comments

I wouldlike to hav emore assingments to do becaouse here was it just the examen in the end of the semester, and at the end avertbody lock the door and trew way the key for studing like an ... on one way, I liked it, becaouse during the semster was it great, nut in the the end of the semester was is terrible, but anoter hand, I am not sure if it is a good way to study or not, if was had more assingments to do, we had to be more creative and do something, not just be studing for the examen

My opinion of the university assessment

Exams at end of course

Exams throughout the course

Essays and/or projects at the end of course

Essays and/or projects throughout the course

Overall

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tommyohlen

Örebro Universitet, Örebro, Sweden
Banking, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

That the people in the steet speak catalan and not spansih.

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

3

Culture

4

Costs

3

Activities

4

Campus life

1

Party / people

4

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

great

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

2

Traveled

2

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

3

Became more independent

2

Partied a lot

2

Experienced a change in life

1

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

d

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tommyohlen

Örebro Universitet, Örebro, Sweden
Banking, Graduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

Activities: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

There is a poesi bar in c/ carme beside LaRambla which call Bar y Buenas. I dont know why I love this bar, just I do. There is a park just beside barcelona univeristy, and the park call Park Real, and I have spent so my hours in this park, This 2 attracton is maybe the 2 most famous things in Barcelona, but as you know, the most famous things is not always the best things.

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tommyohlen

Örebro Universitet, Örebro, Sweden
Banking, Graduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Independently - My choice

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

Becouse now was my accomation quite far away, and it was quite expencive.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

I think eeryboby had a lot of problem whit the accomation, and in fact, I am not sure, if they are a campus in barcelona univeristy, bye the way, I dont know anybody who is living in this campus.

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