IFI Rouen

Rouen offers a fairly good range of activities. There is a hockey rink located on an island in the middle of the Seine, where I attended minor league hockey games and games sponsored by the students at my university. There are hiking and biking trails near the school that are fun to explore. Favorite night spots include the Central Cafe, the Emporium Galorium and the Underground Pub. There are several cafes and restaurants to choose from also, including brasseries that serve gourmet French cuisine for a good price, and couscous restaurants are popular and abundant as well.

I am thoroughly glad that I chose this program. The university itself is very focused on promoting student life and I met a wide variety of interesting and fun people. I would suggest saving money for week long vacations, as opposed to traveling to different places every weekend. It's important to really spend time in your host city.

The housing accomodations assigned to me were convenient, fitting to my personal needs, and offered generous support on behalf of the landlords. However, it was expensive and I was not thoroughly informed of alternative means of finding apartments to live in, rather I was merely assigned to a certain apartment complex.

There is tons that I can tell. Please email me at amitgilani@hotmail.com for further info. I will be glad to help you out

take the bus as much as possible. no real financial surprises. If you're going to travel, its cheaper in the winter/spring.

Always investigate flight costs to parts of Europe from France, it can be really cheap, or equal to the price of riding the train.