Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)

They are pretty good and theacher are in general really supporting with foreign students

No, I think it was really well organized, better than in my home university

Take car when choosing which course to follow, defenitely do not follow one in which the professor makes it clear to you that he/she does not like Erasmus students, it can cost you a lot! Do not choose first year's subjects as they will only bore you very much.

Culture in Spain is different from that in Northern European countries I guess. Prepare to have to run after professors for days (literally) and to take on a servile attitude. The whole thing is slow but everyone is ver nice in the end. Improvements could be made in communications between Erasmus and regular students, we were treated as Spanish students which was highly optimistic as we did not master the language on a level equal to them!

The form of studying is very different, so it was hard to find units that we actually could do and pass, but lecturers were helpful.

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There are possibilities to take other courses than those from your faculty.

They should have more contacts with the home university.

You don't have to choose your courses straight away which gives you the chance to try out as many as you like and figure out which teachers you can actually understand, which ones either care or not whether you're an overseas student- it's definitly worth trying to find out from the other spanish students which courses are better then others

Concerning the music faculty in particular, I think that this department is in decline, it's underfunded, lacking in facilities and some of the best and progressive professors have already left. I've heard the music dep. in Granada is supposed to be better

In most faculties you have plenty of time to choose your courses. You can actually attend classes before choosing them.

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