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4.12 / 5 based on 21 reviews
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
The frequently visited pubs were: Pi-Nuts, Den Business, De Geus van Gent, The boat at Decaskoop... the list is really endless - but it's all about who you go with!
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Housing
Type of housing: A room exchange
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
It is always nicer to have a place of your own, not having to use communal bathroom and kitchen. No landlady or landlord to bother you.
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Personal comments
The school goes through a lot of effort to help international students find decent and affordable accomodation in good locations since most of us have to walk to school.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
A private grant
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
Living costs are at least 3 to 6 times more expensive in Belgium
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Food, Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Internationals help eachother out - one evening you cook, the next evening someone else cooks - it works out cheaper and it's more fun to eat with friends. Buy at Aldi's, not Match or Delhaize!!
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Academic
Course recommendations
The school is only in its third year of English as teaching medium - consequently the quality of many lectures are influenced negatively. They are working on it though.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
We were a very large group (65 students) with limited space available. At times writing examinations proved to be very difficult as everywhere you look, you look at someone else's paper. They are trying to limit the student numbers for the future.
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My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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Overall
I wish I had known...
Wish I knew how to drink litres and litres of beer per night and go out until 7 in the morning, and be back in class at 9am! But seriously, you should know how to balance social and academic life... that's no secret no matter where you are in the world.
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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
Very good school, improving every year - next year they will be located in a beautiful monastary! Honestly, I can't decide whether I have learnt more about life or more about business.
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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
Just bear in mind that students at Vlerick are not representative of the average Belgian citizen - they are the cream of the crop... and they know it! :) Embrace every opportunity that comes your way - there will be plenty of them!!
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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
I was the Public Relations Praeses (representative) for the PUB group and was responsible for all communication to the external community as well as within the group. Sponsorship meetings mostly took place in Dutch, with myself replying in Afrikaans - no problems - except for them laughing every now and then at the double negation :)
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