Reviews of Universität Innsbruck (UIBK) | Austria

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Paulo P

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Geography, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

Because Austria is a bit more expensive than Portugal, but the difference is not so big nowadays.

Overall, Travel, Nightlife, Housing:

was more expensive than at home.

Telephone, Food:

was the same price as at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

Don't forget to take VISA card with you, you never know if it will be necessary. ISIC, international student card is a good way to have both. It helped me some times...

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Maria L

Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece
Public Administration, 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

The overall cost of living is much higher in Austria than in Greece.

Housing, Overall, Telephone, Travel:

was more expensive than at home.

Nightlife, Food:

was the same price as at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Second-hand bedding

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

Transportation is pretty expensive compared to Greece. Buy a bicycle - everybody uses one and they are not expensive to buy, especially a second-hand.

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Heather W

Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Translation/Interpretation, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Student life dominates the city

Nightlife, Activities: Takes place mostly within 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

The uni organises loads of ERASMUS events which are all great fun and a brilliant way to meet people. The old town is good for bars and little cafes, and the irish pub down maria-theresen strasse has a good pub quiz.

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Paulo P

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Geography, Undergraduate, Erasmus

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: Basic phrases
My level after: At ease in most situations

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

It was really important for me to be on a german course for Erasmus, don't miss it. Even if you don't pass on the 1st exam, in which they choose who can stay there learning, you can try to ask to let you be there.It's for free so don't give up. Also important is to be with other erasmus students, there are some who already have a very good knowledge of the language and they speak "hoch deutsch" that means that they speak the german you learn in school, not dialect, and they speak also slower..always important for someone that isn't native speaking:)Never speak in english...you need to improve your german.

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marcisko

The Poznañ University of Economics, Poznan, Poland
Tourism, Graduate, 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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations

How much did you improve your the local language?

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

whenn i came to innsbruck i could speak german but not austrian-tyrolian, it was a little bit difficult at the beginning to understand some people that was not speaking in german, but after a month i was ok

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Maria L

Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece
Public Administration, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

Mr. Stocker and Mr. Pircher were very understanding and had a good communication with them, although their classes were not very easy. Professor Hinterhuber is extremely boring to attend his classes.

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