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4.16 / 5 based on 504 reviews
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Abigail C
Overall
I wish I had known...
I wanted to do translation courses but they were on another campus and only available for masters level.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Lots of courses to choose from but not always run properly or incredibly boring. Lecturers not always very helpful and Italian students not too friendly either (unless you're female and they're male ;-)
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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
get a carta verde for train travel, its so worth it at 30euro for 15% discounts everytime. Come out early to find acommodation. Watch your bags when travelling on the bus or else it's contents will make somebody very happy! Bring lots of strong moskito repellent!
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“Legal Studies at UNIBO”
Dunja S
Italy, Graduate
Law, International, 2021
Overall
Since I have been the first generation of the new Legal Studies Master I must say the University of Bologna is giving us a solid international Law education, and many different specialisation opportunities, since we can continue not just in the same direction but more towards Economy and also Human rights.
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Pros
International Law, English knowledge and international surroundings
Cons
Not many internships provided
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“Legal Studies at UNIBO”
Dunja S
Italy, Graduate
Law, International, 2021
Overall
Since I have been the first generation of the new Legal Studies Master I must say the University of Bologna is giving us a solid international Law education, and many different specialisation opportunities, since we can continue not just in the same direction but more towards Economy and also Human rights.
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Pros
International Law, English knowledge and international surroundings
Cons
Not many internships provided
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“Diversified educational offer for the Visual Art MA courses”
Teresa D
Italy, Graduate
Humanities, 2019
Overall
In the Visual Art MA course you can choose exams between different subjects running from semiotic to modern and contemporary architecture, from philosophy to history of art. This university provides a multidisciplynary training offer to let the student build its personal study plan, focusing on its interests.
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Pros
good teachers preparation
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Fiona E
Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
This is Italy baby!!! You have to shop!!! and the opportunity to travel is just too tempting...and it doesn't always come cheaply. But food is cheap and good and wine and booze in general is sooo cheap it could become easy to be an alcoholic...
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Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Housing, Food:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Flights!! Although you can claim them back from your LEA, you do have to make the initial payment yourself first and the LEA's are not very prompt about recrediting your account. Also beware at the end of the year of excess baggage charges - they can escalate...
Last Tip: Go to IKEA - it is in Casalecchio and a free bus runs from Piazza dei Martiri (I think that's the name) but do go it's great for cheap house stuff and Euromercato is just next door with lots of cheap food.
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Fiona E
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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
The language course offered by the ERASMUS programme left a lot to be desired academically but was a good opportunity to meet the other foreign students out there. In my first term I lived entirely with Italians and it was eventually a very alienating experience. You have to remember that no matter how fantastic your language skills are you just don't have the cultural background to be able to blend in completely- think about how many conversations you have at uni about your common experiences (ie. South Park, Bag Puss) and imagine a group of people taliking about the same sort of things but you just don't get it and that is basically the key to the reason why one can never really go native!!
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