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Leslie S
Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
I lived on the 22nd floor of a tower block owned (in-part) by the Kölner Studentenwerk. It was great.
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Personal comments
Location was superb. 5 mins from the lecture theatre, tram stop in front of the building. Lidl, Aldi, Real etc within 3 mins of the building. Small kiosk shop is in the building itself open from 7am to 11pm even open sundays and holidays (very rare in Germany!!). Great view from my room in the 'Uni Center' could see all the way to Bonn!
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David O
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
In order to be more central in the city.
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Personal comments
I found it difficult to find housing as the host university and my home university offered no support in this area.
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frangea
Languages
Language of instruction: German
Was learning German a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my German
How much did you improve your German?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Some courses / projects were in English too. Globally, the trouble with commnication is not the language but the way people work and underestand duties...
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frangea
Overall
I wish I had known...
Content of courses : not very much information.I would liked having been given more choice.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Take a good bike : each different room might be 25 min by foot.
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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
A rather good university but needs a pretty good level of German to fully benefit from it.
Teachers might have some understanding of language difficulties, but obviously a large amount of work is required.
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Sylvia T
Overall
I wish I had known...
I had already spent 3 months in Germay attending a language school, so I knew a bit before I left.
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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
Easy to get to know people, including the German students.
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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
Be aware of the fact that things take time in Germany, and that you will have to visit a few public offices to get grants for residence and working permit. This can be an experience with mixed pleasure.
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Sylvia T
Academic
Course recommendations
The university handed out a list of courses they recommended the foreign exchange students to participate in. The variaty could have been better. But the VWL-courses were very good!
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
No, we did learn a lot. It was kind of strange, though, that we had to find all the literature in the library ourselves and then copy it. It would have been better to buy a main book and then copy some chapters in addition to that.
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Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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