Reviews of Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) | Belgium

Useful | 4

virginie d

Université Jean Moulin: Lyon III, Lyon, France
Business Studies, Graduate, Independent

Housing

Type of housing: KOT (flat shared with 8 other student)

Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice

If returning, I would choose: The same: KOT

Why?

Because i like living with other student. Community life is xonderful, even if you can meet some problems (cleaning...)

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

Community housing in Belgium is very different from the one in Sweden : shared rooms are not that clean (rapid cleaning is done once a week by a private firm), dish washing is not done systematicaly... Still, i really enjoyed it because people are nice and you can benefit from the real student life in this particular city : amazing!

Useful | 2

anonymous

Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

I shared the apartment with native students (which helped me improve my French), we had a little garden, spacious rooms and rooms shared with others (such as the kitchen, living room...). In fact, I had both independence and social interaction with the flatmates.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

The service was fine but it was difficult to find. I know that some people had had some troubles with flatmates (for example) and that they were relocated, which means it worked properly.

Useful | 0

“Ecole polytechnique de louvain”

Hugo B

Belgium, Graduate
, 2012

Overall

Bonne formation basée sur l'application en travaux de groupes des.connaissances acquises au cours théoriques

Pros

Travaux de groupe, site universitaire

Cons

Insertion professionnelle

Useful | 0

FAYA L

ESADE Business School, Barcelona, Spain
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

I would like have known the list of subjects the UCL teach before going there.

In my opinion:

I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.

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

Academic reasons

2

Culture

3

Costs

3

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

3

Weather / location

1

Personal recommendation

Chose as many as possible subjects in French, avoid the subjects in English in order to improve the french level.

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

3

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

The best advantage of Belgium is that is well-conected and the train conection is excellent. You can visit France, Luxembourg, Holland, Germany only from 2 hours by train.

Useful | 2

virginie d

Université Jean Moulin: Lyon III, Lyon, France
Business Studies, Graduate, Independent

Academic

Course recommendations

Don't miss too many courses because you have 2 weeks exams at the end of the semester and only 2 weeks to prepare all (it's called the "blocus"): pretty hard! Ask for tips to previous students

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

Bad balanced between first and second semester (at the management faculty) : not so many thing to do during the first one (parties!), but almost no time for social life during the second semester. I really regret to end my student life like this!

My opinion of the university assessment

Exams at end of course

Exams throughout the course