Reviews of Universität St. Gallen (UNIVERSITY OF ST. GALLEN) | Switzerland

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Clemens E

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Economics, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

The more, the better. In general very high quality of courses as well as great choice.

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

No.

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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Guus v

Rotterdam School of Management, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Financial Management, Graduate, CEMS

Languages

Language of instruction: German

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning German a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my German

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your German?

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

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

I get 6 hours of German lessons. Which's good way of learning and improving my German

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Daniel B

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Business Studies, Graduate, CEMS

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

Government assistance<br> An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

Overall, Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Food:

was more expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

Buy half tax train ticket as one receives reductions at various sites through the country as e.g. at skiing lifts

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arjola

Università Bocconi, Milan, Italy
Financial Management, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

maybe better german,

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

3

Costs

1

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

4

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

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

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

2

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

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Doris L

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Accountancy, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Government assistance

Other sources of funding:

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

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

everything in switzerland is VERY expensive

Overall, Housing, Telephone, Travel, Food:

was more expensive than at home.

Nightlife:

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

we made many parties in our house, because going out was so expensive

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arjola

Università Bocconi, Milan, Italy
Financial Management, Graduate, 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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

switzerland is not the best country to go for learning better german because swiss-german is quite different

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