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4.08 / 5 based on 481 reviews
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“A university that makes you work hard and be critical”
Marina L
Spain, Graduate
Communication and Information Sciences, 2022
OverallWhen doing a master, it is important that it is demanding and that it pushes you to work hard. The MSC in Communication Science at UvA does so. The teachers will engage you in order to be more critical and analytical. It is a project-based master that puts a lot of importance on teamworking.
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Pros
Enhance critical thinking and hardworking
Cons
It doesn't include mandatory internships
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Christine B
Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Amsterdam speaks for itself. Depends on personal interest. Drugs and parties are not my life. I really enjoyed the opportunity to row in a club on the Amstel though.
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michalb
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
I wanted to use most of the opportunity I was offered as an exchange student.
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Food, Housing, Nightlife, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Travel:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
As you will soon discover everybody commutes on the bike in Amsterdam. You can get one from EURO 60. Public transportation in the downtown area is slow and rather inefficient and very expensive in comparison to biking. You cannot avoid public transportation however when getting to the airport or IKEA store.
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Deborah D
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
I had prooblems in speaking with other foreigners speaking English,I didn't like that too much.The English spoken was pretty poor(by not-native language speakers)
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amejiag
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia
Biochemistry, Graduate, Independent
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: At ease in most situations
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
the communication could be better if I have learn the host language in the host university, in my university it was better because it was in my native language
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Tanja K
Overall
I wish I had known...
arrangement of accommodation could have been organised before hand
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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
recommendation is to study Dutch in order to get to know the culture of the country you live in and to obtain a real "European experience"
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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
e.g. question 5
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