Reviews of Universität Freiburg (UNIVERSITé DE FRIBOURG) | Switzerland

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wvandersypen

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Law, European Community/EU, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

In retrospect, I probably should have lived with a bunch of Swiss students instead of other international students.

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

2

Activities

1

Campus life

1

Party / people

2

Weather / location

1

Personal recommendation

Get the most out of it. They offer great international law courses. The 'language improvement' and travel opportunities are limitless.

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

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

Great destination. Academically speaking not a walk in the park. You have to do the work, no priviliges for international students. Having both German and French as language of instruction is a challenge.

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jordiescriba

Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Economics, Graduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

It was not legal for me to work

Personal spending habits

Housing, Travel:

was more expensive than at home.

Overall, Nightlife, Food:

was the same price as at home.

Telephone:

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

Switzerland is a very expensive country if you have to travel by train; but you have the opportunity to buy a ticket for the whole year that is cheaper: the "VOIE 7".

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Thaisbcn

Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Economics, Graduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: French

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning French a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my French

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your French?

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

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Fribourg is just at the border between the French speaking and German Speaking aere. For me the election of Fribourg was in part because of this duality of languages. I could follow my courses in French and enjoy whithout pression my Deutch lessons. I think is a good option. The University is bilingual, every student has the option of choosing the language.

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sabjob

Univerza v Ljubljani, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Physics, Undergraduate, University Agreement

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: No problems in any areas (including slang)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Switzerland is a perfect country for learning many languages. Most of the people there speak both Germanand Franch and at least people at the University are also fluent in English. On the street Swiss German can be a problem even if you are a german native speaker but everybody can speak also German properly.

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