Reviews of Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (WUW) | Austria

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Polina K

St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
Management Science, Graduate, University Agreement

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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: At ease in most situations

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

The comminication experience in academic field was rather confusion-free as I speak English fluently. My German is also rather ok which hepled me in many everyday situations.

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Claire M

HEC Paris, Paris, France
Business Studies, Graduate, CEMS

Overall

I wish I had known...

No, I was well informed.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

3

Culture

3

Costs

2

Activities

2

Campus life

3

Party / people

2

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

WU is a huge university so organization is often problematic, but in the end it's ok.

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

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

Traveling is easy and cheap, so definitely take advantage of all of the opportunities you have, with the student organization (ÖH) and on your own, within Austria and abroad

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Mihaela C

Academia de Studii Economice din Bucuresti, Bucharest, Romania
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: On campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

you have contact with other students of other nationality

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

My accomodation in Vienna was satisfying, the only problem was in the kitchen from the cleaningness point of view .

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mereteha

Norwegian School of Management BI, Oslo, Norway
Business Studies, 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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

not as a good a chance to speak german as I would have hoped for, because most of the interaction was with other exchange students and the main language was then english.

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Rosamaria B

Universita degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

Personal savings<br> An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I worked during my study abroad experience

Personal spending habits

The life in Vienna is much more expensive then in Gorizia, where my home University is located. Food costs more in the supermarket and at the restaurants, the trasportation are better organized but they cost twice as much. Nightlife was maybe the same, but only because the University arranged special agreements with the clubs in order to let the exchange students have convenient prices. Only the University books were cheaper; the professors themselves spread photocopies, and the prices were much more reasonable than in Italy.

Travel, Food, Housing, Overall, Telephone, Nightlife:

was more expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

going at low costs supermarket like Mondo saved my monthly budget!

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Geraldine B

EMLYON Business School, Lyon, France
Management Science, Graduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

Government assistance

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

housing was not very exepensive compared to Paris. We were going out a lot, so Nightlife expenses are higher. Vienna is very well located to travel around central Europe.

Travel, Nightlife:

was more expensive than at home.

Food, Overall:

was the same price as at home.

Housing, Telephone:

was less expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative