Student review [#34496]
for Intercultural Communication
at Université de Bourgogne - UB
Dijon, France
Overall, the university is good. I am pleased to communicate with the international department: they have been in touch since the moment of admission and were ready to help with any question. Teachers are very friendly, try to submit material interestingly, give a lot of practical tasks.
I am studying at the Master-PIECE program, which is aimed at international cultural projects. The program is taught in English, but there are subjects in French. Now I understand that it is advisable to have the level of French at least B1 so as not to miss the material. Also it might be a problem to find a student job or an internship, if you speak English only.
Pros: excellent library, good hostels, cheap dinners in the CROUS dining room, many activities for international students, many sports options, there are French courses (only 1.5 hours a week), it is easy to find new friends. As part of my program, we often travel at the expense of the university.
Cons: Frequent schedule changes, too few hours of French and items in French in an English-language program. The teacher who is responsible for student internships does not speak English at all and does not answer the mail if you send a letter translated into French. So we are looking for internships ourselves!
University is located in Dijon, which is a very nice city. Here are a lot of cutural activities and interesting places to visit. We travelled to Paris – it’s just 1,5h by the express train. So, in UB you can enjoy France every day 🙂 Overall – I recommend the University, but you need to be prepared to meet the difficulties, if you don’t speak French.