Université de Strasbourg - UNISTRA (reviews)

Students benefit from the broad variety of programs offered by the University, especially in modern languages. There are plenty of languages avalaible to study, including less spread ones such as Bulgarian, Dutch or Persian.

I had the misfortune of choosing this university as my destination for my Erasmus programme.

The main campus itself is well located and close to the city centre, but I am yet to see a dirtier and more neglected campus (with dog waste around included). The facilities and student services associated to the university also leave a lot to be desired. Cockroaches, bedbugs and even mice are not an uncommon occurence in some of the student residences and restaurants managed by the university.

As for the academic environment, I have never seen such disorganization and lack of professionalism several members of the staff display. Deadlines are rarely taken into account and students’ grades get literally lost in that institution. Touring offices and asking secretaries about what happened to grades came as a consequence. What’s more, professors are only available for tutoring in their offices for a couple of hours once or twice a week, and some of them aren’t even there at the specified time.

The list could go on and on, so I’m just going to sum up by saying I wouldn’t recommed studying here.

Strasbourg University is a very international university with a high interest in student life. It provides various student facilities such as dorms, cafeterias and sport centers but it also proposes many cultural and social activities.

The ITIRI (faculty of translation) guarantees a high-quality linguistic preparation, as long as some practical classes that help understand what it would really be like to be a translator. There’s an admission test and it costs 4500 per year. The master lasts 2 years.

University of strasbourg is one of the best french universities, ranking among worldwide top universities in chemistry, biology and law. In my personal experience, I have spent two years in this university, one as a master student and this year as a PhD student. I would say that research facilities are equipped, researchers are professional and the university is quite helpful for students. I wouldn’t improve any basic thing since the university is already greatly established.