Reviews of Università Ca´ Foscari di Venezia | Italy

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Bram B

Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Tourism, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Café Noir, Café Blue, Round Midnight (is now closed), the three weeks of Carnaval.

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Bram B

Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Tourism, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

I would try to find housing in the city center at a private place somewhere. In the student house, there were a lot (too many) of strict rules.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

The student house was a good place to live. A bit too many rules and regulations, but not too expensive and very well cleaned. It was a new building and things were arranged well.

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Bram B

Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Tourism, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

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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Bram B

Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Tourism, 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 Italian a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Italian

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

How much did you improve your Italian?

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

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Most people spoke English and some locals helped me to learn the Italian language, a great combination to learn to speak the language.

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Bram B

Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Tourism, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

That it was such a great experience, that I should've done it earlier during my studies.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

3

Culture

3

Costs

2

Activities

3

Campus life

1

Party / people

3

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

Everything was well organised.

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

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

3

Advanced my studies & career

2

Final comments

There's a lot of opportunities for day trips to nice cities within a one and a half hour train trip (not expensive). And in the city itself there's of course enough to see.

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Bram B

Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Tourism, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

Personal savings<br> Government assistance<br> An ERASMUS grant<br> A private grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

I didn't want the experience to be limited by any financial matters. It was a once in a life-time opportuntity and I didn't want money to be an issue which I would regret afterwards.

Telephone, Overall, Nightlife, Housing:

was more expensive than at home.

Travel, Food:

was the same price as at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative