Reviews of Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, Lisboa | Portugal

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Suzana D

Univerza v Ljubljani, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Management Science, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

Activities, Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Bairo Alto, parties at Nova university, Karaoke bar in Bairo Alto in the morning hours has a great atmosphere Chapito, Pois Caffe

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Suzana D

Univerza v Ljubljani, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Management Science, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Independently - My choice

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

An appartment where I'm living is for 6 people, during these time, I had different portuguese, african and other european roomates. The relationships in the house are really good, I've met so many diffrent people and with that I learned how to deal with diffrent people in all kind of situations in best possible way. Also, when we have problems with the house we have to deal with it more or less by our selves, which gives you a feeling of certain independence.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

You have to have real luck to find a good and cheap apartment in Lisbon. I had luck with low price of the rent, but the apartment is quite old, so things are breaking all the time. Since the people in the house get a long well and since the location suits me perfectly and cause of our big terrace, I never thought about changing the apartment.

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Suzana D

Univerza v Ljubljani, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Management Science, Undergraduate, 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: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

I've learned the languege by socializing with portuguese people and with books by my self

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Suzana D

Univerza v Ljubljani, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Management Science, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

A lot of individual and group work, so when you are choosing a course, choose the one you are really interested in, cause in that way you can actually learn a lot.

My academic experiences

Quality of courses

Variety of courses

Access to resources

Interaction with teachers

Interaction with international students

Interaction with local students

Personal comments

none

My opinion of the university assessment

Exams at end of course

Exams throughout the course

Essays and/or projects at the end of course

Essays and/or projects throughout the course

Overall

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Suzana D

Univerza v Ljubljani, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Management Science, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

Personal savings<br> An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

it's more expencive than at home, in my country we still don't have Euros, and I think that some how with Euros you spend more, just my opinion.

Overall, Housing, Nightlife, Food, Travel, Telephone:

was more expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

If you cook for your self or eat at some cheap university cantines you can save money on food. You can save money on phone if you take special packages.

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Suzana D

Univerza v Ljubljani, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Management Science, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

I wish I've taken a portuguese language course before coming here.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

4

Costs

3

Activities

2

Campus life

2

Party / people

4

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

You have to work quite a lot at thins university, which some times can be a problem if you are in Lisbon just for the parties. The professors are nice, as well students will help, but for good results you have to work and manage in many things on your own.

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

2

Improved language skills

2

Met people from other countries

3

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

Erasmus is a good experience for every student. You learn to how to act in different situations around different people and although all the parties and having fun, I think you as well mature a lot and learn to behave independently. Lisbon is a great city to live in, always something is going on, for sure I would recommend it as an Erasmus destination.

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