Reviews of Fundação Getulio Vargas (EAESP) | Brazil

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Miroslava S

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Independent

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Independently - My choice

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

Especially the house in Rua Rocha: nice apparments & a lot of people you get to know!

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

I lived in an appartment with a Brazilian. It was a good appartment but my relation to my flat mate was not that great but this can happen with flat sharing!

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DanielStenech

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Management Science, Graduate, University Agreement

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Nightlife in Sao Paulo is always in motion. The best spots today are old tomorrow. Mondays Urbano is a must, weekends in Villa Olimpia, ... This huge city has so many different offers - it is never borring there!

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amodio

Università Bocconi, Milan, Italy
Financial Management, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

Family

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

Unitary life costs are very lower than home. Bus tarifs, disco, drinks, cinema, restaurants, food (meat), hostels are very chep, but there are a lot of oportunities to spend. So overall the accounts are balanced.

Nightlife, Travel:

was more expensive than at home.

Overall, Telephone, Housing:

was the same price as at home.

Food:

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

Cinema and meat

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drasidae

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Marketing and Sales Management, 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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

The language of instruction is both English and Portuguese. I took courses in either language (2 en, 5 ptg) as I decided on courses in view of my personal needs concerning the content of the courses.

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amodio

Università Bocconi, Milan, Italy
Financial Management, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Overall

I wish I had known...

NO. Surprises are better...

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

3

Culture

4

Costs

3

Activities

4

Campus life

3

Party / people

4

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

First you go, then you will remain

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

3

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

Too much for Brazil

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Denis K

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Business Studies, Undergraduate, WU

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning English a key decision factor?

No, it wasn't.

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:
My level after:

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

i was really motivated to learn portuguese as it was a once in a lifetime opportunity to do so in such a short period of time. people very patient in the beginning, correcting and offering help.

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