Reviews of University College Dublin (UCD) | Ireland

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“Great education, hastened delivery”

Gabriela N

Ireland, Undergraduate
Actuarial Science, 2022

Overall

Talented teachers showing industry-based skills, but delivery is hastened, there are sometimes 200 people in the classes so it's hard to keep in touch with everybody or to grant students individual approach. The most expensive public college in Ireland.

Pros

teachers, connections, opportunities

Cons

commercialized, non-individualistic, not creative

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Fabio

Università Bocconi, Milan, Italy
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

Nothing, bring some cigarettes and spirits if intersted ( beer is less expensive ).Going at the beginning of Agoust to work and find a better accomodation.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

2

Culture

2

Costs

2

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

4

Weather / location

1

Personal recommendation

Don't think about studying , do the essays regurally and study hard only the last week ( everybody did so and succeded).

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

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

1

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

2

Final comments

It was wonerful, it is something that I cannot explain writing, so, if you want contact me via e-mail: fab.nar@tiscalinet.it , I 'll give you my phone number or we could meet in some chat.

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Nicole D

Rutgers, New Brunswick, United States
Political Science, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Overall

I wish I had known...

If I could have anticipated how much money I would spend over my 8 months, I would have tried to save even more before going over.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

4

Costs

3

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

4

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

UCD is excellent. It is a large, and has a multitude of foreign students as well as Irish. There are extensive subjects available to students, as well as more time to study before finals. I would advise students to live on UCD's main campus to feel more like a student in college rather than to just be a foreigner in a city.

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

Going abroad was the best decision I have ever made. If you would like to travel abroad while studying in Dublin, lookup flights from RyanAir. I found they were the cheapest for short flights around Europe.

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martatych

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Warsaw, Poland
History of Art, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

I wish I was more informed about the programme of my studies and that I should have been more sure about what I want to do there.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

2

Costs

1

Activities

3

Campus life

1

Party / people

1

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

The University is very nice, the atmosphere is very good and the lectures are interesting. There are lots of facilities on campus like huge sports center, pubs, library, book shops, restaurant. The student life is very lively and lots of interesting things are happening all the time.

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

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

It is the best to take a car there as I did because the petrol is the cheapest and a car give a possibility to visit all places to whcih the access is difficult. Irish people are very nice but the weather is depressing and tirying.

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myinternationallife m

University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
History of Art, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

no

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

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

Academic reasons

3

Culture

3

Costs

3

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

3

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

stay on campus

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

3

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

check out international life dublin. they were a really cool organisation for parties and trips and intercambios too their site is www.myinternationallife.org or maybe www.myerasmuslife.org , i dont know Great organisation and united all the erasmus students in the whole city

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