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dechauxnicolas

Ecole des Mines de Nancy, Nancy, France
Mathématiques, Licence, Erasmus

Études

Recommandations de cours

All the Adanced courses in Financial Maths are very demanding but extremely interesting (the professors are of a very high level : top 5 of Europe in Financial Maths in ETH Zurich

Mon exprérience académique

Qualité des cours

Catalogue de cours

Accès à différentes ressources

Intéraction avec les professeurs

Intéraction avec les étudiants étrangers

Intéraction avec les étudiants locaux

Commentaire personnel

The professors are not always easy to contact (a lot of the academic questions have to be asked to the teaching assistants which is sometimes quite frustrating) The courses are in English of perfectly understandable German (Hochdeutsch), but sometimes the local students ask their questions in the Swiss German dialect which is totally impossible to understand for foreign students

Mon avis sur l'évaluation

Examens en fin de cours

Examens au cours du trimestre

Travaux et projets finaux

Travaux et projets pendant le cours

Évaluation globale

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dechauxnicolas

Ecole des Mines de Nancy, Nancy, France
Mathématiques, Licence, Erasmus

Langues étrangères

Langue d'enseignement: Allemand

Apprendre le Allemand fut un élément important de la décision?

Oui, je voulais améliorer mon Allemand

Quels progrès en Allemand?

Mon niveau d'avant: Échanges quotidens (courses, déplacements...)
Mon niveau après: A l'aise dans la plupart des cas

Difficultés linguistiques

Sociales

Éducatives

Administratives

Évaluation globale

Commentaire personnel

My academic semester at ETH Zurich let me improve my knowledge of both German (used in 2/3 of the University courses)and English (used at the student house with the other exchange students and for the finance-related courses)

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dechauxnicolas

Ecole des Mines de Nancy, Nancy, France
Mathématiques, Licence, Erasmus

Évaluation globale

Si j'avais su

I had already been in the French-speaking part of Switzerland (Geneva, Lausanne) and thought it would be the same in Zurich. But it is not, the "Roestigraben" between the french-speaking part and the german-speaking part of Switzerland is not an invention of guide books. I did not believe that Swiss people were so proud of themselves and had so many "clichés" about other European countries (not France especially).

A mon avis:

La plupart ont aimé

Critères importants pour mon choix
(1) Aucune importance – (4) Très important

Raisons académiques

4

Culture

2

Frais

2

Activités

3

Vie universitaire

3

Vie sociale / Fête

2

Climat et emplacement

2

Recommandation personnelle

ETH Zurich is a good choice if you want to meet students from all over the world and if you do not want to go too far away from France (less than 100 kms from French border, easy to go back to France if needed). The academic level of the institution is very high (especially, Computer Science, Maths, Chemistry), equivalent of some of the best american universities in some areas of study.

Pendant mon expérience à l'étranger j'ai...
(1) Jaimais – (4) Très souvent

Appréhendé une autre culture

3

Voyagé

2

Accru mes compétences linguistiques

3

Rencontré des gens d'autres pays

4

Développé mon autonomie

3

Fait la fête

3

Vécu une transformation

3

Amélioré mes possibilités de carrière

3

Derniers commentaires

Travel tips : - better to be Ok with German before you go (quicker integration) -Switzerland is at the center of Europe, a lot of travel opportunities (go to Lucerne, skiing in Winter week-ends, Oktoberfest in Munich and Bavaria, Italian coast is not so far (Venice)).

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dechauxnicolas

Ecole des Mines de Nancy, Nancy, France
Mathématiques, Licence, Erasmus

Frais

Principale source de financement:

Bourse ERASMUS

Autres sources de financement:

Famille

Opportunités d'emploi:

Je n'ai pas cherché à travailler

Dépenses habituelles

Switzerland has not a reputation of a country where everything is cheap. This is true globally. Compared to my former University in Nancy, France, Zurich was really expensive. If you compare it to Paris, this is not so evident...

Téléphone, Voyager, Vie nocturne, Général:

Plus cher que chez moi

Logement, Alimentation:

Aussi cher que chez moi

Accés au matériel scolaire

Livres d'occasion

Appareils d'occasion

Ordinateurs / internet

Démarches administratives

Retrait d'argent

Commentaire personnel

Health Insurance is expensive in Switzerland, as well as restaurants. As regards travel, buy "Halbtax" and "Gleis 7" and you will save a lot of money.

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