Reviews of FH Joanneum | Austria

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DIANA C

Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá, Austria
Business Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

Activities, Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

My favorite places in Graz were Gecco and Three Monkeys in the weekends, Flan O'briens for having a drink at any time of the night, Three Monkeys for Karaoke on wednesdays, Bar Schein for a nice party on fridays, and regarding places to visit, there is a lot of history in Graz so is easy to find out what to visit there.......

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DIANA C

Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá, Austria
Business Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

Because even it is nice to live in the school campus, sometimes when students do so, they dont really have the chance to experience and visit different places cause they hardly ever go out to areas not too close to the school campus so they miss a lot of the city's life and culture

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

It was an excellent and well-organised process. I couldn´t ask more. They supported me in all the senses and it was an excellent place.

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DIANA C

Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá, Austria
Business Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Other

Other sources of funding:

Family<br> Other

Work opportunities:

It was not legal for me to work

Personal spending habits

Because of the change of currency. Euro is really expensive in comparision with my home currency so the spenses were in general pretty high.

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

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

Regarding food, there are many possibilities to save money if you buy only the supermarkets brands like clever (name of the supermarket's brand)in Billa (name of the supermarket=

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DIANA C

Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá, Austria
Business Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Academic

Course recommendations

The language courses should be more intensive so international students have more possibilities to really learn the local language there

My academic experiences

Quality of courses

Variety of courses

Access to resources

Interaction with teachers

Interaction with international students

Interaction with local students

Personal comments

The school should try to arrange agreements with other language institutions for international students to have more chances to study the language at more competitive prices

My opinion of the university assessment

Exams at end of course

Exams throughout the course

Essays and/or projects at the end of course

Essays and/or projects throughout the course

Overall

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DIANA C

Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá, Austria
Business Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Overall

I wish I had known...

Nothing, it is better when you experience things and learn by yourself instead of having someone else to tell you who might give you even sometimes a bad impression of something that you could even like in other situation

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

2

Activities

4

Campus life

4

Party / people

4

Weather / location

1

Personal recommendation

To encourage more students to practice and experience the local language and increase the possibilites that they offer for so

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

4

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

there are many good low-cost airlines (RYANAIR, SKYEUROPE,GERMANWINGS) and nice good train offers that you can take advantage of when you travel around Europe so you need to be intelligent enough to find them and book in advance cause they are not that evident or easy to find. Always ask the ones have been there before. They will know better and give you lots of good tips

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DIANA C

Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá, Austria
Business Studies, Undergraduate, 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: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

It was pretty fun to get to know something in different languages and it is really nice when you have the chance with your friends to exchange experiences and helpfull phrases that would help you any time you would visit a foreign country...its a very richfull experience you can not get anywhere else

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