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About choosing Brussels; it was an advice from my cousin who finished masters in Brussels in VUB, he described me the amazing things here, so i chose this city to be my new address. Also Brussels is the capital of Europe, so many nationalities, so many languages cultures, diversity is so nice here.
The University of Ghent, in my opinion, is the best university in the whole of Belgium. It offers a decent and challenging course programme, with a degree which is highly valued in the job market. Overall, the academic staff teach well and in an inspirational manner.
Studying at this university is also …
if you get a chance to study/work abroad: do not doubt! it will open your horizon, you will meet people from several different cultures, and also, you get a chance to see how your field of interest is handled abroad. It's a personal and academical enrichment.
Finally, about the university, VUB has so many choices to study and so many fields that are related to my previous Bachelor degree, and i found the thing that i like and want to keep on with.
Ghent is the perfect city for studying. Ghent Uni accepts a lot of international students every year and they know what they're doing when it comes to internationalization. Their webpage is easy to figure out and if you apply in good time, they arrange accommodation in one of the University homes (doorms) - …
The experience that peopele gain abroad could not compare to anything else, the education process is really interesting, useful and totaly different from the one of my own country and that really enreach me. I've seen and leart a lot. I met many different people from different countries and met the different …
I've been to Antwerp as a kid, and actually I did not remember much. Anyway I focused on something different now. I study Graphics design and as far as everybody know Dutch and Skandynavia design is one of the best in the world. I wanted to improve myself there! Antwerp has great schools and community of …
Gent is beautiful medieval city with lot of occasions for students. Student life here is full of partying, visiting awesome pubs and participating on international actions, like a dinners, sports etc..
Gent is a city full of students, so there's always al lot of things going on, in school, but also in your free time.
There are a lot of studenthomes, so sleeping accomodations are not a problem.
Lovely city, good ambiance, excellent education.
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few if any equipment, I.e. no fMRI to study and research. few if any andvery expensive, unreliable antibodies and chemical markers, no fanancial supportes for researchm, few access to refrences and so on
Hojjat Allah Haghgoo from Iran
Professors are really tough with Erasmus students and they treat you as spanish even if you don't have same linguistic ability.
Anonymous student from Italy
The dormitory is excellent, and cheap (90-120 Euros/Month). You can also rent a flat or share one in the city center for about 120-200 Euros per month. Courses in Finance are serious, you can also start to learn Lithuanian and Russian. Library is rich and diversified, teachers are very close to the students …
Pierre De Bozzi from France