József Attila Tudományegyetem (JATE)

The danger here is that you end up speaking English with other foreign students but luckily I have had the opportunity to practise also my Hungarian. Not everybody here speaks English so it is good to know some basics for example when dealing with officials like post offices, shops etc...People are very friendly to help...at least in most places..:-)

Well...this is quite expensive if you come with your own money...like I did.They still seem to think that all foreigners have a lot of money...maybe this is cheap for students coming from USA etc because there thay would have to pay ten times more a semester but for me coming from Finland...it is expensive and since I don't get the support from government anymore..

Try tol share an apartment with others so you can share the expenses. Eat at the university canteens or some other places like that..cook home if you can..I don't because I am lazy to go to the big supermarkets..yes...try to buy things from those places..like TEsco or Cora..visit in the market at MArs Tér may also be useful

Living on a campus ( kollégium) is not possible to foreign students, so basically you have to find an apartment by yourself but help is also available from the people who deal with the foreign students. Every week there is also availabel a magazine called DéliApró which covers almost all the available apartments for rent. You can also keep an eye on the notece boards because there the Hungarian students usually advertise if tehy need a roommmate.

The university has two own clubs, the JATE club for JATE-students and the SZOTE club for the medical students but there are no restrictions who can go and where. We have also abig disco Sing Sing whic is usally the place to go on Wenesdays and Saturday. JATE and SZOTE are for Mondays, Thursdays and maybe for weekends..Then we have two club style place..GinTonic for Friday nights and MiuMiu...a new place...don't know much about it...BAsically people here go out according to the weekday..