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4.20 / 5 based on 74 reviews
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Gabriele O
Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Travel, Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
the student parties at university at the start of the semesters are brilliant, huge, and cheap. coctail bars downtown are interesting
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
I really enjoyed the international atmosphere
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Personal comments
rooms/apartments are rather small but allow meeting a lot of other students, bothe natives and exchange ones
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Gabriele O
Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
travel by train is much expensivier in Germany than in Italy. Nightlife has a lot of possibilities to offer and can be cheap, but if you go downtown clubs and bars are rather expensive
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Nightlife, Travel, Housing, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
use blackbords in college to buy/sell tv sets, hi fi, furniture and similar
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Gabriele O
Academic
Course recommendations
buy as soon as possible the university guide and choose courses during the first week, later could be too late
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
more courses in other european languages
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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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Gabriele O
Overall
I wish I had known...
an exact idea of the size of the campus
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Enjoy it from the beginning, use alle the facilities of the campus
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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
very close to many central european destinations. take care about accomodation if host university decides on its own: it should be close either to the city centre or to the college, depending on your preference, but some were sent very far from both, in Krefeld.
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Languages
Language of instruction: German
Was learning German a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my German
How much did you improve your German?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
the german variety spoken in Duesseldorf is rather good and intelligible. Many natives are rather fluent in English and this could be a deterrent in the first weeks.
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