Reviews of Universitat de Barcelona (UB) | Spain

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“Especialista o Experto o Maestro”

jose l

Peru, Graduate
, 2021

Overall

Mejora Continua de Prácticas Profesionales

Pros

Años de Experiencia

Cons

Competencias en Proceso y Procedimientos

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Swear2

Goucher College, Baltimore, United States
International Relations, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Academic

Course recommendations

It's kind of a luck of the draw kind of thing.

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

Academically speaking, the courses were easy in theory, but at the right level for getting a handle on the language. In my opinion they aren't supposed to be the hardest classes that you have ever had.

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

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Diana L

Fundação Getulio Vargas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Independent

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

I think sharing an apt with other exchange students is the best option overall, because you can interact with people your age and have some kind of privacy (especially if you have a room for yourself, as i did).

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

They didn't help at all - had to arrange all by myself, searching for rooms to rent through loquo.com. It was a hard process visiting so many places: i visited some 15 different apartments. Some were so crappy and at bad areas of barcelona - it was my first time in the city and i didn't know where were the good and the bad neighbourhoods. I think the uni could have been more helpful, maybe putting the upcoming exchange students in contact.

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Diana L

Fundação Getulio Vargas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Independent

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

I think sharing an apt with other exchange students is the best option overall, because you can interact with people your age and have some kind of privacy (especially if you have a room for yourself, as i did).

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

They didn't help at all - had to arrange all by myself, searching for rooms to rent through loquo.com. It was a hard process visiting so many places: i visited some 15 different apartments. Some were so crappy and at bad areas of barcelona - it was my first time in the city and i didn't know where were the good and the bad neighbourhoods. I think the uni could have been more helpful, maybe putting the upcoming exchange students in contact.

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Nienke R

HES Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: Catalan

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning Catalan a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Catalan

Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Spanish

How much did you improve your Catalan?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Did not speak it

How much did you improve your Spanish?

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

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Because Barcelona lies in Catalunya, they speak Catalan and Spanish there. However at uni, they approach you in Catalan, and then swith to Spanish when you dont understand. Sometimes this is very difficult because Catalan is very hard to learn.

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