Université de Savoie

i think i couldn't asked for more !i like it very much and i'm very very very pleased!!i have my room and it is very preatty!

This exchange experience changed my life. At first it was the hardest change I had ever made - and at the end, I didn't want to leave. I did not want to leave a country where travel is so easy and beautiful, and the people are warm and funny :)

Make a plan. I didn't...and it backfired. Try to get a little job - it can help. However, if you can't - you are subsidized by the government.

I have not learned a lot of new technical words/expressions but a lot in "everyday language" and how to use language in a French University

Chambery has lots of pubs/bars, often Irish/English-themed. Drinks are often expensive in bars (at least 5€/pint) but cheap in supermarkets. The clubs (Opera and Cocktail) are expensive (10€ entry, often 8€ per drink), and both play music best described as "cheesy dance crap". Slightly more enjoyable are RDC (dance) and Corsaire (salsa night on Wednesdays, to which many Erasmus students went). No clubs play rock/reggae/hip-hop etc, and concerts are very rare in Chambery. Chambery has a few cinemas, mostly playing independent films rather than commercial ones. The university arranged several coach-trips to neighbouring towns and regions such as Lyon, Turin and the Alps for skiing; these were usually interesting, and good value (although trains were good value too; see www.voyages-sncf.com).

Make sure you have extra money saved up for emergencies eg. doctor visits which you have to pay for.