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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
The Erasmus Student Network students prepare a welcome to all foreign students and show you around. Places you will quickly get the habit of going to are "The Twee Heren" and "Metamorfoos".
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
I really liked the option I made
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Personal comments
The University helps a lot in finding accomodation. The Guesthouse (where I stayed)was a lot of fun, as there was a HUGE ammount of exchange students staying there as well. It had great conditions, and you could meet a lot of people
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Academic
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Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
My opinion of the university assessment
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
All courses available to exchange students are taught in English, so if you are fluent in that language you should have no difficulties in communicating (in and off campus) with teachers, coleagues, ...
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Overall
I wish I had known...
Check the university website thoroughly; there is a lot of information there and people at the university will answer to any questions you have.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Maastricht Universiteit was a great choice I made, and I would definitely go there, if I was to go back in time and choose again. The people are generally very nice and you can easily comunicate with everyone. It is very good on academic grounds, and even though you have to work, you can have a lot of fun.
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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
There is a possibility of getting snow in December/January; the location is very central, on what accounts to Europe, and so it is very easy to get anywhere (Belgium, Germany, Holland are very near), so you should take advantage of your free time, and travel a lot.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Food, housing and nighlife are actually more expensive than in Portugal. In terms of travel, it was because I traveled a lot, since there is so much to visit just nearby you.
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Food, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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