Reviews of Universiteit van Amsterdam (UVA) | Netherlands

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“Growth Experience”

Izabella M

Netherlands,
Humanities, 2023

Overall

The courses are expansive and there is a lot of room to study what you like and discover new things as well. Everyone is very accommodating and there's always someone you can turn to for help. Doing and undergraduate programme in this city is a great experience for people on their own for the first time.

Careers

I found my internships through personal research, the information given by the school is limited.

Pros

Programmes involving helping the community

Cons

More connections

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Anna G

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Philology, Graduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning English a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my English

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations

How much did you improve your the local language?

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

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

My overall language and communication experience was very good. I imporoved my communication skills in academic English as well as in every day situations.

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scraffi40

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Educational Psychology, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

I would like to now some dutch languages

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

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

Academic reasons

3

Culture

3

Costs

2

Activities

1

Campus life

2

Party / people

3

Weather / location

1

Personal recommendation

I hadn´t any recommendation

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

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

3

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

4

Final comments

This experience was great for me. The only problem was that the erasmus grant was to much little.

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amejiag

Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia
Biochemistry, Graduate, Independent

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

when you have apartament you can acomodate the apartment how you want

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

The housing in general is very good the only thing I think is that is very expensive

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manuela_sg

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Economics, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning English a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my English

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

How much did you improve your the local language?

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

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

i think it has been a great language experience for me because i'm improving my english.In amsterdam everybody speaks english so its very good for me.

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