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zierer
Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br> An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Britain is a more expensive country than Austria.
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Overall, Nightlife, Housing, Food, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
Administrative
Money from home
Personal comments
none
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Nuria M
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
In Barcelona I am living with my parents, this is why when I lived in Edinburgh I had to spend more in Housing and Food, mainly. In overall I spent more as the currency is stronger than my home-currency.
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Overall, Housing, Food:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife, Travel, Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
Administrative
Money from home
Personal comments
none
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j_sommer
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Astronomy / Astrophysics, Undergraduate, Independent
Expenses
Main source of funding:
A private grant
Other sources of funding:
Other
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
products tend to be more expensive in Scotland; frequent pub crawls and other cultural events
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Food, Housing, Nightlife, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Travel:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
Administrative
Money from home
Personal comments
use customer refund cards and buy groceries at Lidl
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Rocco C
Università degli Studi di Ancona, Ancona, Italy
Engineering, Civil, Undergraduate, Erasmus for 10 months and VISITING STUDENT for other 7 month
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
beacuse in UK it's more expensive.
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Overall, Telephone, Food, Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Travel, Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
Administrative
Money from home
Personal comments
none
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pleterme
Université Claude Bernard: Lyon I, Lyon, France
Biology, Undergraduate, Independent
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br> Government assistance<br> A private grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
beacuse it's all more expensive in Edinburgh (host city)
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Overall, Food, Housing, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Travel:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
Administrative
Money from home
Personal comments
accomodation is very expensive! beware...
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Alexander E
Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br> An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
food, housing: it's much more expensive telephone: didn't use it
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Housing, Travel, Food, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
Administrative
Money from home
Personal comments
none
Read more >
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