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Universitatea de Vest din Timísoara (UVT)

27 reviews
3.44 / 5 based on 27 reviews
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helke
Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium
russian-serbian, Graduate, Erasmus
Academic
Course recommendations
Professors will help you with the choise of the courses, but not how to read your timetable. They work with a two-week system, and they can change the timetable everyday. Sometimes you miss lessons you don't want to miss, sometimes you're waiting for a professor, who is not coming. Advise: check your timetable everyday
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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
Professors are close to foreign students, but not to romanian students
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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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helke
Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium
russian-serbian, Graduate, Erasmus
Overall
I wish I had known...
no
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
1
Culture
1
Costs
2
Activities
4
Campus life
4
Party / people
3
Weather / location
3
Personal recommendation
Feel free to ask for help, everybody will help you with a smile. Other students, professors, socrates-officer: they are so nice.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
1
Traveled
2
Improved language skills
1
Met people from other countries
1
Became more independent
1
Partied a lot
4
Experienced a change in life
1
Advanced my studies & career
1
Final comments
Get your visa in time in your own country, or you will have a lot of problems at the border, and also to get your visa extended. Learn Romanian.
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helke
Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium
russian-serbian, Graduate, Erasmus
Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Everything is cheaper, but also sometimes of a bad quality
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Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Overall, Housing, Travel, Food, Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
Second-hand household items
Second-hand bedding
Administrative
Money from home
Personal comments
You can buy here everything you want and it is not to expensiv
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helke
Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium
russian-serbian, Graduate, Erasmus
Languages
Language of instruction: Romanian
Was learning Romanian a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my Romanian
How much did you improve your Romanian?
My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Social
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Personal comments
Some students speak english or a little bit French, but don't count on it. If you want to survive in Romania, you have to learn Romanian. Nobody of the administration (for visa,...)can speak a foreign language
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helke
Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium
russian-serbian, Graduate, Erasmus
Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
On the campus, although it's not so clean, you can get in touch very easily with other students, and if you have a problem, there will be always somebody to help you
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Personal assessment
Cost
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Personal comments
Noisy, dirty, nice neighbours, near the university, near student-restaurants and internet. As a foreign student you have a room of your own, the showers and the toilets you share with the others. The room is big enough, because normally they sleep with two there.
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helke
Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium
russian-serbian, Graduate, Erasmus
Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Travel, Activities: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Activities
Nightlife
Travel
Overall
Personal comments
On the campus there are a lot of nice cafes, don't go in the city-center, the ones you find there are more expensive. It's very cheap to go to the film, every film is in the original version. The best parties are privat parties, at the other parties, there is only Romanian folkmusic and latin- music
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