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4.06 / 5 based on 304 reviews
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Sara T
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
it was perfectly located in the center and i had great flat mates!
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Personal comments
the university gave me a list of appartments ordered by the neighborhood. the only problem is, that this list does not seem to be updated on a regularly basis. since i lived in a house of exchange students and other foreigners the price/quality relation was no good one. but the atmosphere kept me there!
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George
Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
El Pimpi on calle Alcazabilla was a groovy place to go for pre-club drinks or just to relax as Tony Blair has already done (according to some pretty ropey photographic evidence)and even John Malkovich had been spotted eating in MCPapa next door. After that hanging out with some booze and friends in the Plaza de la Merced was a popular option. You have to try the Chupitarias though, where a filthy shot of grog will set you back only 100 pts!! Then its a quick meal in the same road as Pimpi in a place known as La Posada, (for the best steaks, morcilla and meat in Spain). As far as clubs go there's perhaps a smattering of OK places but if you're into cheese Malaga is your baby...I recomend 'Cosa Nostra' and el 'liceo'. Otherwise go to Torremolinos or Ben Almadena for the best clubs and pubs. Oh yeah, and everyone hangs out in Maddigans irish pub on a Sunday for a singalong with an old crooner.
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anikanika
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Just everything is much cheaper in Spain. But: it is difficult to find a job and earn good money in south spain!! You need to live from your savings...but from these you can live a while
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Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Nightlife, Food, Overall, Housing, Travel:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
At the beginning I spend much more than I planned to. One needs a lot of stuff to live, which you cant carry in the plane. For example we needet to buy a heater etc.
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George
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Other
Other sources of funding:
Other
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Food and accomodation were well cheap and we ended up paying half as much for a nicer flat than we do in Birmingham for a rat inffested flee pit. The phone however went up as we made loads of international calls had internet conections and all bought mobiles for extra coverage. travelling went up as we went to loads of cool paces and visited far off towns and cities for tourism...something you don't often do in Birmingham funnily enough. Nightlife was about the same because the cheaper it is the more you want so it ended up levelling off evenly. However in all if you way it all up it was a hell of a lot cheaper and usually better quality than home...especially the food.
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Travel, Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Housing, Overall, Food:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Eat out as much as You like because it's all so cheap...however watch for where the locals go first and follow...otherwise you go to tourist traps and it becomes less cheap.
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“Not too bad, but they can do it much better”
Irene G
United Kingdom, Undergraduate
Law, 2018
OverallSome subjects were too longo to be studied in only 3 months, but they didn't care too much about it. Also they are too theoric and rarely you find any practic part. You ended up just vomiting all the information in the exams and forgetting it after 2 minutes.
A total shame, but that's the system they have.
Teachers depends on the subject. Some are great, some others just come to read their powerpoints, and some others don't really care about anything.
There's too many students in the classes, so teachers don't even know your face (not asking for the name), so they don't care about you because they have other 100 students on each class.
At the end, you finish your law degree without any idea of what's the real law world, and that's a pitty.
If i would have had money, (and I would have known this before) I would have studied in another university.
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Pros
It's in Malaga, so that's great.
Cons
All the rest.
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wmaat
Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
very strong because the international exchange program isn't that advanced yet so you experience a far more intergration in the local life and culture. you won't have only Erasmus friends so you will speak the spanish language more. And above all, nest to the beach. i've had a lot of beachparties
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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
Go travel around andalucia. It has a great and rich culture. go to see Granada, Sevilla, Ronda, Caves of Nerja, Cordoba, Etc. Do it if you like the arhitecture of the arabs. they left a lot behind
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