Reviews of Thammasat University | Thailand

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Philippe S

ENSAM, Paris, France
Environmental Sciences, Undergraduate, IAESTE training

Academic

Course recommendations

I did a training in the environmental department of SIIT, and follow the lab class and made experience on my own... i don't have specific recommendations.

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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Philippe S

ENSAM, Paris, France
Environmental Sciences, Undergraduate, IAESTE training

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: Did not speak it
My level after: Did not speak it

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Thai people doesn't always speak english ;-) but that's the fun!

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Philippe S

ENSAM, Paris, France
Environmental Sciences, Undergraduate, IAESTE training

Overall

I wish I had known...

my training didn't really met my expectation but i could find easily the experience worth doing...

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

4

Costs

3

Activities

4

Campus life

2

Party / people

2

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

the situation (a bit outside the city, north) is really good when you look at bangkok... and you can still go to bangkok very easily with cheap transportation (traffic jams is part of the fun)

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

travel! there are so much to see... don't worry to plan to much, it's really not necessary in this country! studying seems like an excuse to go there for long period but it's also really interesting to work with a very different culture... very good experience

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Philippe S

ENSAM, Paris, France
Environmental Sciences, Undergraduate, IAESTE training

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Personal savings

Other sources of funding:

Other

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

thailand is famous to be amazingly cheap isn't it?!

Travel, Housing, Food, Telephone, Nightlife, Overall:

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

sooooooooo cheap!

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Philippe S

ENSAM, Paris, France
Environmental Sciences, Undergraduate, IAESTE training

Housing

Type of housing: On campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

well, actually maybe i would change to get another experience, but it was easy and very practical like it was.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

they take care of everything and i guess you don't have so much choice beside what they propose anyway...

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Philippe S

ENSAM, Paris, France
Environmental Sciences, Undergraduate, IAESTE training

Student life

Describe host city:

Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

the food market every monday and thursday, Saxophone jazz club on victory monument, the food place at interPark... and should i say futurpark (big mall)

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