IFI Rouen

There are pluses and minuses to the housing options. Dorms are nice cause they are near campus and with the majority of students. Unfortunately they are a fair distance away from downtown Rouen, which can be a real pain at night, and it inconvenient for discovering the city. An apartment with French students is the best, but there is no help in finding a good one. There are student studios downtown, but they are ridiculously expensive, and you will almost certainly not make friends in them. Most of the French students are very introverted in their housing.

Not really. Just head on in with an open mind.

The actual university is very good, but not so much the classes that are available to international students. If you want some really good classes, look elsewhere.

Don't take international finance. The teacher doesn't know what she's doing, and you won't learn a thing in the class. I didn't. The french for biz class was somewhat interesting, but not useful in regards to actual things you'd need to know to work in france. It's more of a french class that presents the material in the form of business situations.

This school uses the most ridiculous testing methods I've ever experienced. Your final grade basically is the combination of attendance and a final paper/exam.

I was basically raped by the exchange rate.