Universidad de Cádiz

there is no need for stress - the first days of searching for flats and arranging all "paper-stuff" can be annyoing and dificult - but mostly it turns out well. there is no need for stress.

A spanish course at the faculty "de las letras" is maybe one of the best things you can do - you will get to know the mentality a bit better and you for sure will meet a lot of Erasmus-students which will turn into your furture friend or flat-mates- Normally also a lot of meeting-points for going out are arranged.

The choice of courses and the availability/flexibility (time-wise) were excellent. We were able to create a schedule to our own liking and were allowed to the majority of classes. In addition we were able to chose our examination dates. However, the teaching-styles on the other hand weren't necessarily convincing. Some teachers hardly favoured student-teacher interaction, did not allow for any discussions and nor independent and critical thinking. In some courses the teacher would read out the material for straight two hours, as for example in Marketing Túristico or Entrepreneurship. I can only recommend to anyone to take classes where the subject is of great interest, one can always be unlucky and end up with a teacher who does not have the gift of delivering the material to his students in an interesting way.

No matter what great facilities universities have to offer, what matters most to me is the quality of teaching, the personality and capabilities of the teacher. I have had subject that I assumed to dislike, but with the right packaging of the material, one can surprisingly find a challenge and fun in almost all areas of study. Therefore, also in regard of my home university, I believe that there should be more focus teaching styles.