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3.99 / 5 based on 230 reviews
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Pierre-François S
Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Home university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Cause you can find cheaper room and sometimes better.
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Personal comments
It was a old accomodation, with a lot of flatmates ( 17 ). It was very goog to learn English languages cause arround 12 different nationalities.
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QI Z
The Textile Engineering College of The Beijing United Univer, BEIJING, China
Business Studies, Graduate, Independent
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before:
My level after:
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
at the university, communication for us is alright, we can understand each other and chat smoothly. but outside the campus, communication sometimes became a problem because of the local accent.
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tooon
Academic
Course recommendations
It`s still very difficult to interact with english students in your classes...
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
a bit of professionalization thing that apparently does not exist here... The studies are still very theorical...
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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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Alexandre M
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Travel, Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Night spots: Broad street, the Arcadian and Custard Factory. Cafes, I don't go in cafes, but Gun Barrels, the Soak and The Goose for pubs in Selly Oak, or Varsity and the Greenman in Harborne
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briemer
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
price level much higher in GB than in Germany, plus bad exchange rate
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Overall, Travel, Housing, Nightlife, Food:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
go to Poundland in the Pallisades, everything's a Pound, n you can find almost anything from shampoo to birthday presents
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Sylvie M
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I needed some time to fully cope with academic English. But the amount of research work , essays and presentations I was asked to do helped me a lot to quickly improve my language skills .
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