Reviews of Tilburg University (KUB) | Netherlands

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annalisa f

Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
Law, Comparative / Law with Languages, Graduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Independently - My choice

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

because it could have been easier to interact with the other students either dutch and foreigners

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Personal comments

the accomodation offered by the university is pretty good especially the ones at the campus. as regard the others you have to be lucky since they are rooms of dutch students who go abroad during the period of your studying there.

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Javier E

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

Because almost every student in Tilburg live on campus or at a cycling distance of about 5 minutes. In my case, more than 25 minutes cycling separated my home from the university.

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Talking about accomodations on campus, there is a student atmosfere. You can practise sports easily in the also close to university sport centrum.

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Blanca C

Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao, Spain
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: 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

It is obvious that after one year as an Erasmus student I have improved my language and communication skills considerably. My english was good when I came to The Netherlands, but after my international study experience in this country I have no problems at all in any areas to speak in english. There are many factors that have helped me to improve my english. First of all I had all my courses in english in Tilburg University, I could learn a lot in all the classes and I had to study all the courses in english. Being surrounded by international people was also an important factor to improve my english. The Netherlands and Tilburg University have helped me to improve my communication and personal skills: I learnt more not only about english but also about other many cultures, and I am sure that all this can help me in my future professional career.

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Andre M

Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Management Science, Graduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: apartment with other ducth students

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

If I was to go back it would mean I would be doing a masters, a doctorate or would be working. In all these three situations I would require more privacy than the one I had when I was there the first time. There is no other reason, because my experience was great.

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Personal comments

The University had several options in what concerns acomodation: university campus and room rented in the city. I was very fortunate to have the change to share an apartment with other 3 ducth students, from different areas: economics, arts and tourism. The house was confortable and the people were excelent. The rooms at the university campus were regular, but had the disadvantage of being more noisy and a litle bit less clean than the place where I was. I had the chance to see other students' rented rooms arranged by the University, and they all were regular or good.

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annalisa f

Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
Law, Comparative / Law with Languages, Graduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

Family<br> An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't want/need to work

Personal spending habits

the accomodation was more expensive because back home I was used to live with my family so it has been an expense more. the nightlife was cheaper especially because you don't have to pay to get into the bars and you only pay what you drink, while in italy you usually pay the entry and you get one drink.

Nightlife:

was more expensive than at home.

Overall, Telephone, Travel, Food:

was the same price as at home.

Housing:

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

none

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Sarra B

IAE Aix Marseille Graduate School of Management, Aix-en-Provence, France
Management Science, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

thatis the weather is nt so good

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

2

Costs

4

Activities

2

Campus life

2

Party / people

4

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

ask to have a room in Verbenelaan!!!

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

Became familiar with another culture

2

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

2

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

if you want to travel in the netherlands so you can buy a card in ordr to pay half of the train ticket prices.Wait until that you meet with other exchange students because you can share the card with somebody else>

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