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ricardosaito
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
Because we have some single rooms completely independent. Usually people has different habits and cultures. Maybe respect is not easy to find everywhere. So if you have conditions to study hard and have fun is perfect. People in the city town appartments are often living there from years. So thinks that have more facilities than you. Maybe in the campus, where there is not an "appartment owner", the rights and duties will be more equal. A foreigner when arrived in Turim has no many options to make up your mind.
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Personal comments
Now I'm better after changed house 4 times in 1 year. My first choose was the international hostel (Politecnico doesn't have places to his students - Awful!!!!). I've be there for 1 month trying to find some appartments. My second place was the cheapest room that I've find. But it was not so much comfortable 5 persons in a 2 rooms flat (was awful as well ). So, after 9 months, my father has a better economical situation and I changed that accomodation for a room in a family's house. There was amazing, but the contract was only for 3 months. So, at the moment I'm in a student's residence, and it's a cool place, it's my 1 week there, so maybe would be better hold on more time to make a more accurate analysis.
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“Studying at Politecnico”
Ottavio M
Italy, Graduate
Materials Science, 2021
OverallThe experience at the Politecnico was not entirely positive. Certainly, it is a prestigious university at national level, less at world level, which allows to have a very good preparation from a theoretical point of view and also to have experiences in a foreign country. But, unfortunately, the workshops that are carried out during the course of study are few and, in many cases, not very useful. there is also a problem related to the courses held during the three-year degree, since, in the case of materials engineering, some of them are not entirely relevant or, in any case, do not fully prepare for a possible master's degree. in the end, there isn't eough time during the study period to look for traineeships experience that could be useful for the students future.
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Pros
good theoretical preparation and posibility to do foreign experiences
Cons
some courses not so good/useful, difficulty in looking for traineeships during the studying period
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Ivan H
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant<br>
Other
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
At barcelona i lived with my parent's: no accomodation expenses or food or telephone. nightlife is cheaper than in barcelona. I profited to visit a lot (Firenze, Roma, Venezia, Bologna, Verona...).
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Telephone, Food, Overall, Travel, Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Food at the univesity restauran is really cheap. Also is transportation. And buying a second hand bicycle is a good point.
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Ivan H
Languages
Language of instruction: Italian
Was learning Italian a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my Italian
How much did you improve your Italian?
My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I already spoke spanish, french and catalan, so learning italian was not very hard. But what it was difficult was to really improve, to learn and to use the italian expressions with no translation to other languages. Also half the time I spoke in italian, it was with non italian people.
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alesc
Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
You have to force your local integration by assuming an associative work
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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
Beautful country to be known
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ricardosaito
Overall
I wish I had known...
No, it's utopic.
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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
Excellent, go to study no t get fun.
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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
This is the worst city in Italy that I've known (I knew 12 in 1998). But the university is good. To study and learn is a excelent option.
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