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4.05 / 5 based on 884 reviews

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Bertel D
Academic
My academic experiences
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Personal comments
Erasmus-students with a lower level of Spanish skills should not be asked to do time-scarce multiple choice exams
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“They teach you values”
Paula S
Spain, Graduate
Tourism, 2018
Overall
A univerisity that teaches values and develop within you good qualities are hard to find.
They teach you discipline, fellowship, transparency, "out of the box" thinking, creative and business thinking, solution making....
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Pros
the openess of the teachers to listen to the students

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“Preparación adecuada”
Alex B
Spain, Undergraduate
Chemistry, 2020
Overall
Pienso que en la Universidad de Barcelona nos han preparado lo suficientemente bien como para poder formar parte del mundo laboral. Los estudiantes no solo aprendemos los conceptos teóricos, sino que además hemos realizado muchas prácticas de laboratorio.
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Pros
Preparación óptima
Cons
Algunas asignaturas obligatorias no son necesarias

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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Everything is cheaper, but I went out more and had to use the phone much more when searching for accommodation.
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Telephone, Nightlife, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Housing, Travel:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items

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Dulceb
Academic
Course recommendations
My courses were taught by professors from my program / I attempted one 'real' university course, it was hard!
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Elena L
Languages
Language of instruction: Spanish
Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your Spanish?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Thera are two local languages, spanish and catalan, son at the beginning it was a bit difficult, but University provides free courses of catalan, so it was great and after studying I could choice some courses in catalan. Also we had some courses in English. The experience was positive.
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