Reviews of University of Zagreb | Croatia

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Roland H

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Language, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Housing

Type of housing: On campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

This is the way how one can see real Croatian student life

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

Stjepan Radic student home is a typical building from the communist era. Nobody would want to live their for a longer period of time. Its main attration is the tiny cost.

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Roland H

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Language, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Student life

Describe host city:

Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

During day time there is of course Tkalciceva street that host lots of good cafes. Nice Viennese atmosphere can be found in the cafe Kasaliste next to the theatre. Best food in town in the Fellini restaurants.

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Roland H

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Language, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Academic

Course recommendations

If you want to learn Croatian language, they offer the courses at the philosophic faculty. Take care that you need not pay! Inform yourselves in advance!

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

more enthusiasm, better material

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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Roland H

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Language, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Overall

I wish I had known...

In Zagreb, people are not like mediteranian/communicative, but very distanced.

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

1

Culture

3

Costs

2

Activities

1

Campus life

1

Party / people

2

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

International students go there because of the country, but I think the university is not bad.

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

2

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

2

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

If you go to Croatia, go to Dubrovnik and Split. These are wonderful towns! Prepare youself that Zagreb is a city by number of inhabitants, but it has a very rural caracter.

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Roland H

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Language, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

Personal savings<br> Government assistance

Work opportunities:

Personal spending habits

Food and communication is more expensive than in Austria. As there are no kitchens in the students dorms, you always have to go to the cafeteria. going out is much cheaper than in Austria. So you can do it more frequently and still save money.

Telephone, Food:

was more expensive than at home.

Overall:

was the same price as at home.

Travel, Housing, Nightlife:

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

Replace food with cigarettes ;-)

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Roland H

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Language, Undergraduate, University Agreement

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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

In Croatia you can survive speaking English. Whenever somebody doesn't speak English, everybody is willing to interpret. Unfortunately the English skills of most Croatians are not good enough for a more detailed conversations in a bar or cafe. Most Croatian do not have enough patience to talk with foreigners speaking some Croatian.

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