Reviews of INSEEC Bordeaux | France

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Maria D

Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

When you are an erasmus student you can´t leave behing the erasmus party at Mix Club, next to Montparnasse Tower. If you want to have a coffe or a drink in a quiet way you may go between Pompidou Center and Le Marais. There are lots of places to have a drink and enjoy the street life. You can´t miss too Kong which is the top bar of Kenzo building. You have a wonderful view of Seine river. There is a great club called Showcase just under Alexandter III bridge.

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Maria D

Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Independently - My choice

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

My university doesn´t have campus so I couldn´t choose this option. Wit a family could have been a great opportunity to learn french but when you go as an erasmus student, the family option is a little limited.In this case I would try to find other exchange students to share an appartment in order to live together with people from other nationalities.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

They didn´t really help you at all. It was an issue that you have to find personally. Paris is a big city and difficult to hire, even more when you are an abroad student. Even I was european I had to present lots of documents to prove my reliability. I had a friend living in Paris so he helped with this stuff.

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Maria D

Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

An ERASMUS grant<br> Other

Work opportunities:

I worked, but it was illegal/cash in hand work

Personal spending habits

Paris is the capital of France and a very touristic city. This implies that every and each price is double than any other city. I spent more because the prices were higher than home, not because I bought more than home.

Travel, Telephone:

was the same price as at home.

Food, Overall, Housing, Nightlife:

was less expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

The french goverment give a little help for housing, around 100 euros in my case, although I know others which this quantity was higher.It dependes on some factors.

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Maria D

Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

The spanish system is very different from the american one which is followed at Inseec. Inside Inseec there is the MBA Institute where you fin the same studies but in english and they follow the american system. The international students go to MBA Institute although you could choose some courses from the french one. In my case I really learnt a lot, quite different from my home university where we study a lot. There was pretty much practical and real.

My academic experiences

Quality of courses

Variety of courses

Access to resources

Interaction with teachers

Interaction with international students

Interaction with local students

Personal comments

In the same way of recommendations, the learning system is very useful. You can manage real cases and see how companies really work. You study with current companies you it is easier to assume the concepts than when you have to do it yourself by simply studying.

My opinion of the university assessment

Exams at end of course

Exams throughout the course

Essays and/or projects at the end of course

Essays and/or projects throughout the course

Overall

Useful | 3

Maria D

Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

Independence implies not only advantages but also disadvantages. Independence gives you the freedom of doing what you want when you want but also times of loneliness. Lonelines is not bad at all, but you should know how to manage it and take advantage of it. You become more creative and start finding solutions for a problem earlier and faster.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

4

Culture

4

Costs

2

Activities

3

Campus life

2

Party / people

4

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

Have patience because they are disorganized but in the opposite they are as big family and teachers and the organization will treat you very close.

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

It is easy to travel from Paris because it has wonderful communications. France is a wonderful country to visit and know, so many things to do and to discover: culture, food, wines, history and so on. If you are going to live in Paris (within the 20 arrondisements) is helpful to inquire about everything. For example, thursday afternoon are entrance free for students to D´Orsay Museum, or friday afternoon to Louvre Museum.

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Maria D

Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning English a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my English

Was learning French a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my French

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations

How much did you improve your French?

My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

The university and social language was english. We spoke english between students because most of them could talk it easily, without any problem. It was a great chance to improve my english and french at the same time. At the beginning I recognized that I got nervous but then everything became easier. I worked also taking care of a little child which helped to improve my french.

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