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Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)

379 reviews
4.06 / 5 based on 379 reviews
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Ana S
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Development Studies, Graduate, Independent
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Activities
Nightlife
Travel
Overall
Personal comments
The barbecues in summer in the lake and the parties in the differents "circles" corresponding to each faculties.
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Ana S
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Development Studies, Graduate, Independent
Housing
Type of housing: my family
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Because i like my privacy and in this way is easier to make a full contact with the culture and the society, living like a native.
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Personal assessment
Cost
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Personal comments
It was a great experience overall because it allowed me to meet people of other countries and continents.
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Ana S
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Development Studies, Graduate, Independent
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: 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
For me it wasn't a problem because i lived in Belgium before for 12 years then i was familiarised with french.
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Ana S
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Development Studies, Graduate, Independent
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Family
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
The Nightlife is more expensive than Spain because of the drinks and overall the taxis. But for travel i recognice that is easier and cheaper than Spain overall if you are travelling by train.
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Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall, Telephone, Housing, Food:
was the same price as at home.
Travel:
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
none
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Ana S
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Development Studies, Graduate, Independent
Overall
I wish I had known...
I was housing in Brussels but i knew people in Erasmus linving in Louvain-la-Neuve who had preferred to housing in Brussels if they had known.
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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
4
Culture
3
Costs
4
Activities
3
Campus life
1
Party / people
1
Weather / location
1
Personal recommendation
Not estresar itself because there so much work to do but so much to learn. And meet the african people and latino american people, it's a good oportunity and they are fantastics.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
4
Traveled
4
Improved language skills
3
Met people from other countries
4
Became more independent
2
Partied a lot
2
Experienced a change in life
4
Advanced my studies & career
4
Final comments
It's easier to have allways information in this university and they know perfectly how is the better way to help the news students. Only one recommendation if you want eat in a good resaturant and cheap go to the "Piano".
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Ana S
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Development Studies, Graduate, Independent
Academic
Course recommendations
It's necessary to have a great atmosphere with the others students because we are allways working in group and is full of seminaries.
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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
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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