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sabjob
Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Caffe Belvedere,situated on a rocks with balcony, old furniture and books really
temptate you to sit there all day long chatting with some friends or just reading a book of poetry.
One spot next to the University library where most of the students meet at night especially weekends.
Weekend were mostly organized by the local IAESTE group otherwise is would be quite boring.
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Ernult D
Languages
Language of instruction: German
Was learning German a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my German
How much did you improve your German?
My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
it was not so complicated for me cause Fribourg is two languages city (German and French) then one the two language is my mother tongue. then for all administrative stuff I could manage it in my mother tongue. about the germen the problem is that in fribourg, swiss people don't speak the "real" german" but the Swiss German which is really hard to understand
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jordiescriba
Overall
I wish I had known...
I would have prefer to know that Fribourg was full of spanish students, because my first idea was to choose a place with majority of foreign students.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
I only recommend to learn some French or German before going to the Université de Fribourg; but with the other students the communication language was often English.
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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
Fribourg it's a great place to travel, because the train station it's very important, and also the situation of the town; you're near to Bern, Lausanne...but it's also easy go to Basel, Zürich, Luzern, Genève...even France or German.
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jordiescriba
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Because it has been a great experience live with people of the host country.
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Personal comments
It has been really easy for me the accommodation at this university; i only recommend to learn some German or French before going to the Université de Fribourg.
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wvandersypen
Languages
Language of instruction: French
Was learning French a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my French
How much did you improve your French?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
The fact that both the town and the unversity have an almost 50/50 mix of French/German speakers, make it an interesting and challenging experience. I did find myself speaking English a lot as well with the international crowd.
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“Université de Fribourg”
Andrea L
Switzerland, Graduate
Language, 2023
Overall
I very much enjoy studying at the University of Fribourg. I did my Bachelor's degree there at the English department and now I am doing my Master's degree. Fribourg is a great place to study. The city is very interesting and there are some sports which are absolutely lovely. The thing I love the most about the University is that it is some kind of melting pot. People from all over Switzerland are studying there. You can hear all of the four national languages plus many other languages spoken by international students in just one day.
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Pros
So many languages and nationalities mix
Cons
You absulutely need to at least understand french in order to find your way about in the city.
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