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4.20 / 5 based on 204 reviews
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Housing
Type of housing: In a dormatory
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: In a dormatory
Why?
You got to know people and it was cheap. I only wish I could have lived a little closer to the city centre, although I was pretty close to university.
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Personal comments
They had very strict rules when you moved out, but other than that it was a good place to stay. It had a garden around the house, and I had very nice neighbours. I shared the bathroom with my next neighbour, and had a room for myself which contained 20 kvm. or so. There was a kitchen for the people on the floor, it had a refridgerator, but no freezer. The dorm hat many activityrooms, including a tv and billiard, washing room and training room as well as practicing room if you played in a band. There was a shop just around the corner.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Since Germany is cheaper than Norway I had no difficulties in paying the rent and the food. Therefore I could do more travelling than I am used to at home.
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Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Nightlife, Overall, Food, Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
I was surprised that the German students in History do not need to buy large amounts of books. If you need books you go to the library, that is very well stocked. The university also had very good internet service, and if the university was closed there were numerous internet cafes in town. Mosly you paid 1,50 € for one hour, but at one internet cafe in Joachimsthaler Strasse you pay only 50 Cent an hour! If you are a student you do not pay fees for bank services, if you have a German account (which you need to have).
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Farah J
Overall
I wish I had known...
I can't think of anything
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
What else can I say? Try to apply for it!
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
I'll fill in this gap some other time...
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selma l
Overall
I wish I had known...
my home university registered me by mistake in communication field instead of marketing
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
It's great! intersting courses, accessible teachers
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
It is better to be located in Ost Berlin and to improve language skills, choose a tandem-partner in university
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Cosmin L
Overall
I wish I had known...
The german language
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In my opinion:
I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
If you want to research experimentally the basics of physics you should come to FU Berlin
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
Either by train or by bus it takes too long and you get easily tired. Take some cash with you from home, because the ERASMUS grant comes very late. find a cheap apartment because they ARE! If you don't know the local language, learn it!
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“Interesting content and dedicated/excellent university”
Marcela M
Germany, Graduate
, 2012
Overall
Freie Universität Berlin is one of the top scientific addresses. It is one of the German universities that have been successful in all three funding lines of the Excellence Initiative of the German federal and state governments and whose excellence future concepts are being funded.
The lecturers I knew were incredibly competent in their field and were able to convey this knowledge in an appropriate manner. If there were problems or the like, you could get in touch with them and find a solution. This made studying much easier.
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Pros
content of the program is exciting and fun
Cons
Far away from city center
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