Reviews of Lessius Hogeschool | Belgium

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frikar

FH Pforzheim - Hochschule für Gestaltung, Technik und Wirtschaft, Pforzheim, Germany
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

The ERASMUS meeting point and a graet pub: de vettige Swa. I also liked the Highlander pub, which was very cozy and the jazz café close to the campus. A real highlight is the medieval Pelgrom pub, which is in a caveunderneath the ground. Amazing athmosphere! There are tons of great pubs,restaurants and fun locations, plus, there are always events organized by student organizations

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frikar

FH Pforzheim - Hochschule für Gestaltung, Technik und Wirtschaft, Pforzheim, Germany
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

Personal savings<br> An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

The rent for my room was an extra expenditure, which I do not have at home, plus the food.. But I guess, if I would live on my own, the costs wuld be more or less the same.

Overall, Housing:

was more expensive than at home.

Food, Travel, Telephone, Nightlife:

was the same price as at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

none

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Katarzyna S

Uniwersytet Lódzki, Lodz, Poland
Translation/Interpretation, 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 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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Here it is needed to take under consideration the field of my studies which is translation. It gives a wide range of comunicaton skills not only in one lanuage, so I did not have any problems. If somebody did not speak English we could also switch into Spanish or try to cimmunicate in Dutch, which at some point also became possible to some extand.

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M. C

Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Translation/Interpretation, 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 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: 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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Everybodu in Antwerpen speaks English, so it was not difficult to comunicate with them. However, I attended some Flemish courses in order to integrate myself.

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Katarzyna S

Uniwersytet Lódzki, Lodz, Poland
Translation/Interpretation, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: i corented a flat with other students.

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: i would opt for the same accomodation.

Why?

Because I enjoyed it.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

I guess it always depends on what kind of flat you come across and with what kind of people you live, I was lucky in this respect.

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Paola M

Universita degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Translation/Interpretation, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Disco: Zillion. Places to go: the house of Rembrandt. Pub: Pelgrom and the jenever pub at the end of the Pelgrom's street. Frituur nr.1 in Hogestraat!

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