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4.09 / 5 based on 203 reviews
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anonymous
Overall
I wish I had known...
Make sure you have a student visa and if possible, that the Uni. is aware of the exchange program with your university. It would have helped to have a contact person at the university.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Very strongly, but mainly for the experience of living in Florence, not for the university 'spirit'. It's a multi-campus place so there's no real central meeting ground within the uni.
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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
See as much of Italy as you can while you're there. See if you can work your timetable so you have a day or so off a week to do this.
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“The University of Florence is a journey through time.”
Eleonora B
Italy, Graduate
Language, 2014
Overall
I'm joking. Up to a certain point. Clearly I'm speaking about the Faculty of literature and philosophy. They are very serious and competent. Not very practical. I studied Russian and Spanish. The first time I went to Russia, I knew how to say "soul" but I couldn't say "pan". I learned to speak in St. Petersburg, but the University of Florence gave me a great literary and philological education.
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Pros
Literature, and the beauty of some original rooms from the 1400s.
Cons
Not very practical.
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“Une expérience enrichissante”
Amavi A
Italy, Undergraduate
Engineering, Agronomy, 2019
Overall
C'est une bonne université qui m'a permis de m'intégrer. Les cours sont intéressants, même si j'aurai souhaité avoir plus de pratique, je ne regrette pas d'être ici, et d'avoir eu la possibilité d'étudier avec des professeurs super disponibles pour des explications hors les heures de cours... Et les compagnes de cours la plus part des temps disponible aux échanges.
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Pros
La disponibilité des professeurs
Cons
Plus de pratique
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bruno M
IPV, Viseu, Portugal
Economics, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Overall
I wish I had known...
Uma óptima experiência, uma país com muito para ver... um povo muito ignorante.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Em termos académicos para alunos erasmus, não é uma boa instituição.
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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
Fui sem duvida uma experiência única... Que voltava a repetir, agora que acabou tudo bem, no entanto aconselho a procurarem outra instituição.
O pais é muito bonito, mas nada acolhedor...
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romeroceballos
Overall
I wish I had known...
The problems to confirm the subjects studied there
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
The first and more important thing is to go to San Marco's office to get the official papers and to the police to get your visa. After that you should go to your studies center then go to the "mensa" (where you'll eat), the one in San Gallo to get your student identity card.
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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
Don't get too depress if you don't find a house to live in less than a week, and you finally start to life with exchange students and not Italian is hard!
To travel in train there are discount if you travel in group of 3, ask anyway in the train station!!
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vannucca
Overall
I wish I had known...
That I shouldn't have gotten as attached as I did because now I really want to go back to live there.
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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
The classes are DIFFICULT and very different from the American University style. But, if you are aware of that before you go, you will have a great expereince.
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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
If you are looking for the best cultural experience, it's best not to become part of the American scene in Florence. (It is very large). Speak Italian! Make Italian friends! Don't spend your time travelling like the other Americans do. Spend time discovering what Florence really is and why you are there.
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