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Universiteit van Amsterdam (UVA)

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4.09 / 5 based on 480 reviews
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Daria R
MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia
Law, European Community/EU, Masters, Independent
Overall
I wish I had known...
it was not my first visit to Amsterdam, so I was quite prepared....
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
4
Culture
4
Costs
3
Activities
2
Campus life
1
Party / people
2
Weather / location
2
Personal recommendation
Invest in better administrational / organisational side of the programmes
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
4
Traveled
2
Improved language skills
3
Met people from other countries
4
Became more independent
4
Partied a lot
4
Experienced a change in life
3
Advanced my studies & career
3
Final comments
Do not go for cheap umbrellas - buy a big and strong one right away! Self-service in the cafes will safe your time enormously. Bicycles bought from junkies add to your cultural integration and save your money...
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Milena A
Lunds Universitet, Lund, Sweden
Linguistics, Graduate, Independent
Overall
I wish I had known...
I wish to had known that you have to apply for the Dutch courses in the beginning very quickly.
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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
4
Culture
3
Costs
2
Activities
2
Campus life
1
Party / people
3
Weather / location
3
Personal recommendation
As far as I can judge from the experience that my fellow students made is the University of Amsterdam overall a very recommendable exchange and Master university. But make sure to check if the courses you want to attend also really correspod to what you want to do.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
3
Traveled
2
Improved language skills
3
Met people from other countries
4
Became more independent
3
Partied a lot
4
Experienced a change in life
4
Advanced my studies & career
4
Final comments
Amsterdam is very centrally located. A trip to Utrecht, which is a very nice and cosy city, takes max. 30 minutes by train. Use the closeness to the sea in the summer. Zandfoort op Zee is also only 30 minutes by train away.
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Jordi T
Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Financial Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Overall
I wish I had known...
I think it would have been better if I had learned a bit of Dutch before coming here. It would have allowed me to integrate easily in the local comunity and to understand more their culture
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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
3
Culture
4
Costs
2
Activities
3
Campus life
2
Party / people
3
Weather / location
2
Personal recommendation
They could try harder to improve contact between foreign and local students
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
3
Traveled
4
Improved language skills
3
Met people from other countries
3
Became more independent
4
Partied a lot
3
Experienced a change in life
4
Advanced my studies & career
3
Final comments
You should face the Erasmus experience with a very opened mentality. You should be open to talk to very different people. One of the most amazing things Erasmus has is that it gives you the possibility of meeting very diverse people, which is quite difficult in your country.
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Macosta
Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Financial Management, Graduate, Master Program in International Finance
Overall
I wish I had known...
nothing
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
4
Culture
3
Costs
4
Activities
4
Campus life
4
Party / people
4
Weather / location
3
Personal recommendation
It's higly respected in Europe
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
3
Traveled
3
Improved language skills
1
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
Use budget airlines, if using international trains book them approx. 3 months in advance so you can get student discounts, buy at Lidl, Aldi or Dirk supermarkets which are the cheapest, buy a bike because it's very handy and economic.
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Satisfied with having completed the course at UvA
Iga K
Poland,
Anthropology, 2023
Overall
I believe that that the Anthropology faculty has a lot to offer, however it requires more directions that the students can take in terms of future career options, for example, business anthropology.
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Careers
The career advice is not sufficient and very broad. There are some career fairs however for someone who does not want to work in the Netherlands there is no help at all.
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Pros
Passionate junior lecturers
Cons
Course subjects
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Milena A
Lunds Universitet, Lund, Sweden
Linguistics, Graduate, Independent
Housing
Type of housing: corridor room
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: corridor room
Why?
It is a great advantage to live together with other students. You emeditly have a social network through the common situation. I met a lot of new friends through my year in a student accomodation. Highly recommendable.
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Personal assessment
Cost
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Personal comments
The housing at the UvA is in particular arranged for Master students. Most of them get a prety nice (and expensive) room. But there also are less nice and equally expensive accomodations, but in the end, the quality of the housing depends on the people you live with. In general I can say that most of the students were happy to have a place to stay at all and some places are really well located.
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