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marcoes
Languages
Language of instruction: Spanish
Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my Spanish
How much did you improve your Spanish?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
When I got to Barcelona, I already spoke spanish. Barcelona is a bilingual city - spanish and catalan. Most problems occur with catalan, but since everybody speaks spanish and classes were in spanish too, no problem at all. I can also follow a conversation in catalan, I understand almost everything, but I don't feel comfortable speaking.
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anonymous
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Government assistance<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
Night life is a lot more expensive than in Holland and you still want to drink the same. In Holland I travel for free. So that makes it automatically more expensive.
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Travel, Overall, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Housing, Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
If you take money out of the cash machine, it costs you every time 5 guilders(2 dollars, 400 Pesetas). So you have to take big amounts out of the machine to save the costs.
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Emilie M
Overall
I wish I had known...
no... it was ok. maybe the social card for the social security that i had to do before coming in barcelona.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
the catalan language is not at all a problem. don't be scared of it ... they are open minded and speack spanish most of the time...
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“bueno para tu futuro, no tanto para tus años de universidad”
maria m
Spain, Undergraduate
Food Science and Technology, 2021
Overall
en general el nivel no es imposible, pero hay que dedicarle muchas horas, es recomendable vivir cerca de la uab porque los horarios cambian cada día. La facultad tiene buenas instalaciones y hay un ambiente bastante bueno.
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Pros
El ambiente en la facultad y las salidas profesionales
Cons
organización de los horarios y los exámenes, cambiaria tambien la metedologia de algunas clases, seria mejor hacer mas trabajo autónomo y menos dedicarlo a simplemente explicar para después hacer el examen.
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Sonja B
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
I have a lot more leisure time here, so I go out for diner and drinks a lot more than back home. Since I am only here for a short period I wanted to see and do everything and of course that costs money
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Nightlife, Telephone, Food, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Travel:
was the same price as at home.
Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Barcelona isn´t a very expensive city, compared to for example Londen and Paris. You can have a really good diner in a restaurant here for a very reasonable price. Just watch the drinks when you go out because the raised all the prices incredibly since the existence of the EURO.
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“Good University”
Irina A
Spain, Graduate
Education, 2020
Overall
The campus is big and beautiful. Is a place where you can easily make friends and know cool people who study different types of degrees.
Most teachers are gentle and they try to help you as much as they can.
The organization of the university sometimes is caotic but still worth it.
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Pros
Good campus and teachers
Cons
Organization
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