Reviews of Universidade de Macau | China

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Maurits B

HES Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Business Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Student life

Describe host city:

Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

There are only 3 places you want to consider go to at night (only in the weekend though). The Bex, Mandarin or DD's. The rest that Macau has to offer are casinos and karaoke bars.

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Maurits B

HES Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Business Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

The apartments arranged included everything a student needs, so there is no need to change.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

The campus is really poor housing. You have to share your 7m2 room with someone else and the bathroom with 20 others living at that floor. You do not lay on a mtras but on a sort of wooden shelve. But the apartments that the school arranges are pretty good. Its clean, spacious and everyone has his/her own bedroom and sometimes even their own bathroom.

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Maurits B

HES Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Business Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

Personal savings

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

Living expenses are all cheaper than in the Netherlands. I spend a lot more on traveling because living in this different area in the world gave me the opportunity to experience different countries and cultures.

Travel:

was more expensive than at home.

Overall:

was the same price as at home.

Nightlife, Housing, Telephone, Food:

was less expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

none

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Maurits B

HES Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Business Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Academic

Course recommendations

Courses really differ a lot from each other. For example marketing courses are rather easy and finance courses are rather difficult.

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

Can't think of any now.

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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Maurits B

HES Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Business Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Overall

I wish I had known...

That the local people do not speak english at all.

In my opinion:

I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.

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

Academic reasons

2

Culture

3

Costs

3

Activities

2

Campus life

1

Party / people

3

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

It is perfect for traveling since Macau is situated in the middle of south east Asia. For academic reasons I wouldn't want to go there.

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

1

Met people from other countries

3

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

3

Experienced a change in life

3

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

When you are staying in Macau travel as much as you can. There is so much that South East Asia has to offer, it is incredible.

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Maurits B

HES Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Business Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Did not speak it

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Most people at the university speak english so no problems there. But when you went to a supermarket, restaurant etc. communication with the local community was pretty hard.

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