Reviews of Universiteit Maastricht (UM) | Netherlands

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stephaniek

Université Panthéon-Sorbonne: Paris I, Paris, France
Marketing and Sales Management, 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: No problems in any areas (including slang)

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

Dutch people speak very well english, so it was not a problem for me if I didn't speak dutch.

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stephaniek

Université Panthéon-Sorbonne: Paris I, Paris, France
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

because you want to enjoy your exchange as much as possible

Overall, Housing, Food, Nightlife, Travel:

was more expensive than 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 guest house didn't let me change at the beginning (before I signed)the end of my contract so I had to paid one month more!!!!

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stephaniek

Université Panthéon-Sorbonne: Paris I, Paris, France
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

The difficulties of the studies for non regular students

In my opinion:

I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

3

Costs

2

Activities

3

Campus life

4

Party / people

4

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

WORK HARD!!!

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

I did a bike trip in the netherlands and it was really interesting and cool!!!

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stephaniek

Université Panthéon-Sorbonne: Paris I, Paris, France
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

ERASMUS students are considered as the regular students. They don't take into account for your grade the fact that exchange students can have some difficulties in english! So you have to work a lot to pass your courses

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

The university has implemented the problem base learning for most of its courses. It is very different and can be difficult for exchange student (lots of powerpoint presentation, research paper...)

My opinion of the university assessment

Exams at end of course

Exams throughout the course