Reviews of Universiteit Gent (RUG) | Belgium

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Beita

Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Education, Graduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: On campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

Lot of Erasmus people and Belgian people are staying there and we had overthere lots of parties

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

Everything was ok, but the residence was a bit old and dirty. But we had fun.

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Beita

Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Education, Graduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

Nightlife, Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

The ESN-pub. Overpoortstreet. Hemelsbreed verschil, the movietheatres. De maeght van Ghent...

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Beita

Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Education, Graduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

The language center was not so good. Because we studied French, and the other students were Flemish students, so the course wasn't especially for foreign students.

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

You should eliminate that you must pass all the subjects to end succesfull the year. Belgian students are suffering!! But for erasmusstudents, this isn't a problem.

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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Beita

Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Education, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

In Flanders, the mother tongue is Dutch, not French.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

2

Costs

2

Activities

4

Campus life

3

Party / people

4

Weather / location

1

Personal recommendation

Very good. People here are very kind. In fact they are lovely!!!!!! Lots of fun, beer, parties. This is the city to have fun. Time to study??? What studies?

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

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

2

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

Travel : This was very good. The cities where old, lots of history, art. Ghent is also in the center of Europe. So this is your chance to travel in Europe, like going to London, Paris, Amsterdam. Only thing, it is so cold overhere!

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Beita

Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Education, Graduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Other sources of funding:

Family

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

But Granada is the cheapest city in Spain.

Telephone, Travel, Overall, Food:

was more expensive than at home.

Nightlife, Housing:

was the same price as at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Second-hand bedding

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

no

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Beita

Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Education, Graduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning English a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my English

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: At ease in most situations

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

I practiced a lot my English, but in fact I wanted to study French. One problem, in Gent the mother tongue is Dutch, and then they prefer to speak English in place of French.

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