Reviews of ISC - Budapest University of Economic Sciences | Hungary

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Judith L

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Business Studies, Graduate, University Agreement

Academic

Course recommendations

Courses offered by the ISC (the institut for international students) are easier but the quality is quite worse than the quality of the courses offered by the "normal" faculties. IF you want to profit from the courses take those offered by the faculties. Hungary for intermediates are only offered to regular students, but if you ask them long enough they allow you to participate in that course as exchange student, too

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

none

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

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Hinterschuster

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Other sources of funding:

Family

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

The costs of the mobile phone are significant less than in Austria, but I travelled more than in Austria.

Travel, Overall:

was more expensive than at home.

Nightlife, Food, Housing:

was the same price as at home.

Telephone:

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

There were no such surprises except the taxi drivers, use taxis only with other students.

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Judith L

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Business Studies, Graduate, University Agreement

Student life

Describe host city:

Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

In summer there a parties on the end of each bridge on the Busa-side of Budapest. It is quite an experience to take part in such an event. Usually those parties also advertised at the university

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Peter L

Helsinki School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland
Business Studies, Graduate, CEMS

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 the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

I had all my courses in english and I spoke it quite well already before so basicly I didn't go to Budapest to study languages as it was also too short of a time to learn properly hungarian.

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Jenny v

Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

Nightlife, Activities, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

for the best cafe you should go to cha-cha-cha,it is an undergroundcafe next to the metrostation. In Budapest there are so many beautiful places to see, the palace,the fishersman bastion, the lights during the night. Even the university is a great place to see. It is a really beautiful city, I was proud to live there and come out of my appartment every day looking around how amazing it was.

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Edith E

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Business Studies, Graduate, 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 the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: At ease in most situations

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Most people speak English or German. So it is not necessary to learn Hungarian. Nevertheless, in some situations it was useful to speak some phrases. eg: at the trainstation, ...

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