Student review [#95833] for Biomedical Engineering
at University of Coimbra - UC

I have mixed feelings about my experience at UC. On one hand, they took a little too long to give me an answer about whether I got in or not, so I ended up losing a full semester. On the other hand, the people at StudentHub and in my department can be very helpful.

Dealing with paperwork and documents at the university can be extremely bureaucratic—just be ready for that. Coimbra is a student-centric city, so most activities and programs are targeted at students aged 18–21. In my opinion, if you’re older, have different tastes, or aren’t into clubbing and parties, there will be considerably fewer things to do in the city itself.

I love techno music, and if I want to listen to that kind of music, I need to go to bigger cities like Porto or Lisbon. One thing that stands out is that you can really feel the academic atmosphere at all times. Not to mention that you can find all kinds of support at the university and ESN Coimbra (for Erasmus students), which helps a lot—not only for national students but also for international ones.