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oana_pavel
Academic
Course recommendations
You may choose what course you want. In my opinion they were pretty good.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Maybe a little more interactions with the foreign students will help.
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My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course

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Fabian W
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
I felt very comfortable where I stayed and would do it the same way again.
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Personal comments
I do not know anything about housing at the University of Barcelona.
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tommyohlen
Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
There is a poesi bar in c/ carme beside LaRambla which call Bar y Buenas. I dont know why I love this bar, just I do.
There is a park just beside barcelona univeristy, and the park call Park Real, and I have spent so my hours in this park, This 2 attracton is maybe the 2 most famous things in Barcelona, but as you know, the most famous things is not always the best things.
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simona s
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Because I lived alone in a flat so I spent more in accomodation but usually my familiy called me , then I used to go out more and visit Spain
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Travel, Overall, Nightlife, Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Food:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items

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Justin D
Languages
Language of instruction: Spanish
Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my Spanish
How much did you improve your Spanish?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Always bear in mind that both Catalan and Spanish (and even English to a certain extent) all share in the linguistic situation of Catalonia.
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“Ardua por el sobresfuerzo que representaba la masificación del alumnado”
Montserrat R
Spain,
Law, 1992
Overall
De mis años de estudio, la masificación del alumnado comportaba muchas injusticias, tanto por parte del profesorado (aprobaban solo los mejores, a veces entre 35 y 50, sobre unos 2000 alumnos por curso), como por la administración de la universidad, para la cual sólo eras un número.
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Careers
No me ayudó en absoluto. Las prácticas empezaron estando yo en 4ª curso y sólo había unas 25 plazas para unas 1500 personas entre 4ª y 5ª.
Las prácticas las encontré en mi ciudad de residencia.
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Pros
El nivel tan elevado que había en mi promoción
Cons
Ahora no sé, antes impllantar numerus clausus de alumnos.