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Michel M
Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Barrio humedo (quarter of town where most of the tapas bars are) within barrion humedo, the plaza mayor, with a selection of bars, cafes, pubs and dance clubs.
Insider info: The Don Quijote (otherwise known as he bucket bar because they serve "cachis" (small plastic buckets) of spirits and mix quite cheap for the quantity of alcohol you get. Usually the place where we start going out. After two of them, and within any budget, you continue to one of the dancings in the city centre like the SOHO club, or club XL. Lively music for every taste and good atmosphere to get the night really started.
Because o new legislation, all the clubs shut at 5am whereby they used to be open until 8-9am.
The big discos are: OH!LEÓN (close to the supermarket Carrefour outside the city centre and the newly opened PACHA. It would be pointless though giving you a list of all the pubs as there are so many of them.
Also don't bother leaving the house before 11pm as people are still eating at that time (it's Spain afterall).
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PSmith
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Other
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Food is so cheap its unreal, and booze too. Take a trip to Carrefour (number 4 bus from the Uni) for en-mass savings! As Spain is still "developing" Telefonica still run the show when it comes to phones, so they can charge pretty high, especially for internatinal calls. NIght life as dirt cheap, even if you;ve just got a £5 you couldgo out for plenty of wine, beer and tapas. although the clubby places tend to be prices similar to the UK.. but your gettin more for your money, which can be a bit easy to forget sometimes! Travelling around Spain is a must.. the Junta organize trips at every puente so go for them, they may sound all arty and borring on the letters, but dont worry about that, we went to Seville, Barca, Cordoba and madrid. Gijon is just an hour or two away and the mountain bus is worth a shot!
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Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing, Food, Travel, Nightlife, Overall:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Get a Spanish bank account, Banco de Espana make it dead easy and the staff are really helpful. If you are making credit transfers from the UK, you might even bebefit from the exchange rate!
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“Carrera de veterinaria en la Universidad de León”
Julia H
Spain, Undergraduate
Veterinary, 2021
OverallLa Universidad de León se encuentra cerca del centro, tiene un campus más o menos grande y muy agradable.
La facultad de veterinaria es de las más importantes del campus, y cuenta con un hospital veterinario.
La experiencia de estudiar la carrera allí es buena, como en todo hay cosas malas, no es de las facultades de veterinaria de España de las que mejor preparado sales.
Es difícil pero estudiando se saca.
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Pros
Amplio aprendizaje de los distintos campos dentro de la veterinaria
Cons
Más horas de prácticas
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PSmith
Academic
Course recommendations
Ok.. do international marketing if you are going into Empresariales at the Uni. Its pretty easy and they make special arrangements for Erasmus students! A lot of people go the the Lnaguage school, which is seperate from the uni, but if you are doing an exchange go for that module. Theres a course called "Espanol Empresarial" which runs each semester for Erasmus folk, its not actually "empresarial" its all grammar, but its an easy few credits. Other than that, try the Relaciones Laborales department, they have a few good modules.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
The university seriously needs to consider its IT arrangements.. the library had 10 computers which were all pretty crap, and apparently, you couldnt browsr for books in the library either. Be warned.. the locals can get a bit obsessive about thier studing, and that is no exageration, it not healthy!
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PSmith
Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
Personal comments
Eventhough Halls were more expensive than a flat (about £130 per month), they were the ideal basis for meeting people and keeping in touch with all the goings on. They are relatively new and very safe, not that Leon is dodgy, but having securoty entrance was pretty cool. The staff were excellent anc couldnt do enough for you. Internet is available as well, but the computers are a bit eighties! The staff try to mix international students with Spaniards, I shared with a Spanish girl and 2 english girls. Theres always some sort of gathering in Halls before hitting EL Hunedo... if your planning on going to Leon, this is a good start.. at least until you get yourself sorted. Theres a laundry onsite and a cafe/bar downstairs, which is pretty sweet when the sun is shining! oh.. an d a swimming pool right next door from about May!
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“Bachellor degree un International Trade”
Eduardo G
Spain, Graduate
Business Studies, 2018
Overall
Live in León is really calm, although there is a quite interesting movement of international students.
The university is a modern one, where you can have a close contact with professors and foreign events.
The curses are half theorical and half practic, which is useful
I highly recomend studying here and learn a useful language.
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Pros
Small university with close contact with professors.
Cons
Sometimes, curses are too theorical.
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