Reviews of Universitatea Tehnica de Constructii din Bucuresti | Romania

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Pedro M

Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Engineering, Civil, Graduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

Travel, Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Laptaria at Universitate.. nice place to have a beer. best night clubs for me were Control Club, Club A and Revenge, but theres a huge offer of places.

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Pedro M

Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Engineering, Civil, Graduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: On campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

Although my campus was quite far from the centre, it was much more cheaper (60€) than renting a room in a flat (300€).

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

We were 3 in the same room, quite hard to handle sometimes. Relations with the administrator were quite hard, so it was impossible to solve the problems right away. and there were a few of them...

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Pedro M

Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Engineering, Civil, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

i should have been more prepared to the difficulties faced on the host university, too many burocracies.

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

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

Academic reasons

2

Culture

4

Costs

3

Activities

2

Campus life

2

Party / people

3

Weather / location

1

Personal recommendation

please, send my papers back! im still waiting for them.. after 3 months.

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

2

Final comments

the expierence ull have in romania, the beautiful country and people ull meet make some problems look really small. and well, the erasmus spirit is always present. so go, u wont regret for sure.

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Pedro M

Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Engineering, Civil, Graduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

well.. be very afraid. but this is just about UTCB, the other faculties were different.

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

well.. yes a lot. the whole university, including professors, students and employees, are not ready to this so claimed international environment that u can see in any university in europe. they have to change smth.. or build smth completely new.

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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Pedro M

Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Engineering, Civil, Graduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: Romanian

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning Romanian a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Romanian

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your Romanian?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Romanian is not so difficult to learn, but a lot of ppl speak english so u dont really face big problems. and with the help of the EILC everything gets easier.

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