Hankuk University of Foreign Studies vs Kyungpook National University - KNU vs Keimyung University vs Aleksander Xhuvani Elbasan - UE vs Le Cordon Bleu Paris
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- +Vibrant international atmosphere and student activities
- +Supportive professors and well-regarded alumni network
- +Focus on internationalism and exchange student support
- +Welcoming, family-like community and supportive atmosphere.
- +High-quality students and professors.
- +Beautiful campus and valuable exchange programs.
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- +High-quality teaching and knowledgeable lecturers
- +Excellent facilities and resources
- +Strong integration of theory and practice
- +exceptional quality of teaching and knowledgeable, approachable instructors
- +strong emphasis on precision, quality, and professional skill development
- +welcoming environment and supportive alumni network
- +High-quality academics and challenging curriculum
- +Excellent facilities and research opportunities
- +Financial benefits and student support
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- -Students dislike administrative & management issues.
- -Students dislike outdated facilities.
- -Students dislike lack of clear communication.
- -Administrative and management issues cause confusion and frustration.
- -Outdated facilities and poor maintenance are a recurring problem.
- -Communication with instructors and the institution is often lacking.
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- -Administrative and management issues disrupt student progress and create confusion.
- -Outdated facilities and a lack of necessary resources hinder learning.
- -Unclear communication and a lack of support from staff are frustrating.
- -Administrative and management issues cause significant frustration.
- -Outdated facilities and technology hinder the learning experience.
- -Lack of career support and industry relevance leads to dissatisfaction.
- -Administrative and management issues are a major source of frustration.
- -Outdated facilities and lack of resources hinder learning.
- -Poor communication and unclear expectations cause confusion.
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This institution receives top marks for student life, achieving a perfect score. It also scores well in its academic offerings and perceived value for money. However, its facilities, location, and accommodation all received average ratings, indicating potential areas for improvement. Internationality is also rated moderately.
This institution demonstrates significant strengths in its **Value** (4.5) and **Professors** (4), alongside a solid showing in **Internationality** (3.5) and **Student Life** (3.33). Conversely, areas that appear weaker include **Location** (2.67) and **Accomodation** (2.67), with **Facilities** (3) also receiving a moderate rating. Overall, the university scores well in academic and financial aspects, while its physical environment and setting present more significant challenges.
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This university garners high marks in several key areas, with location standing out as its strongest point at 4.33. Professors also receive a solid rating of 4. Areas such as facilities, student life, accommodation, internationality, and value all cluster around a moderate 3.33, indicating a generally consistent but not exceptional performance in these aspects.
This institution receives high marks for its Location, scoring 4.78, and for its Professors and Internationality, both at 4.67. Facilities also rate well at 4.56. Student Life and Value are both solid at 4.00. The weakest area is Accomodation, which received a rating of 3.22.
Examining the provided ratings, the university demonstrates notable strengths in its **Facilities**, achieving an impressive 4.75. **Value** also scores highly at 4.05. Conversely, **Internationality** presents the most significant area for improvement, with a rating of 2.55. Other categories like Professors, Location, Student Life, and Accomodation fall within a moderate range, suggesting a solid but not exceptional experience in those aspects.
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All 6 reviews are positive, averaging 4.33/5 stars. Students highlight the welcoming atmosphere, enjoyable campus, and supportive international student organization, with excellent experiences as exchange students.
With ~100% positive feedback and an average rating of 4.67/5, students praise the university's welcoming atmosphere and academic quality. Recurring themes include a strong sense of community, good students and professors, and a beautiful campus.
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With ~67% positive feedback and a 3.67 average rating, students highlight good lecturers and strong theory-practice integration. Facilities and academic staff are also praised. No negative reviews were provided.
All 9 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.67/5. Students highlight exceptional teaching quality and knowledgeable instructors, along with impeccable facilities. The curriculum and emphasis on precision are frequently praised.
Nearly all reviews are positive, highlighting good professors, peers, and overall satisfaction. The average rating is 3.9/5.
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As an exchange student it was a little difficult for me, at least at the beginning, to comunicate and find locations inside the Campus. The majority of the staff (unless they were in the International office) did not speak English, so you need to fond korean classmates/friends that will help you with that (they are really nice!). Out of that I really liked the classes taken there. Unfortunately, my classes where not given by any korean proffesor; only foreign ones. But sitll I really liked them. The knowledge is wide and it becomes easy in participating at sessions. Besides, the self-studing method becomes the best tool to improve your knowledge and have good grades!There are also a lot of team work which gives the result of many opinions and points of view that are fun to work with. All of the classes where given in the new buliding and that was really good. But all the rest of the buildings had an old infraestructure. Maybe they could invest and upgrade those buildings. The location of the Seoul Campus is really good because it is near the subway and if the cafeteria food does not suit for you, you will have a lot of options around it. In general I really liked my experience at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.
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I spent 6 months at Keimyung some years ago. It is in the south (Daegu/Teagu), around 3 hours ride away from Seoul. What I enjoyed most of the stay was that international students were placed in an "English speaking house" and paired with a Korean room mate. I'm still friends with my room mate. The classes were not as difficult as at my home university. I still fondly remember a class in international communication. The teacher was very welcoming to the discussion international students created. He invited us also for a farewell dinner. I also had the chance to take courses such as Korean language (I think you for sure should do that), and Taekwondo (that was just for the fun). In all, the study load allowed for ample travel time and gave insights into a different culture I would not have gained while staying in the Netherlands. The campus has everything you need to survive. My home university doesn't have a campus so this was a new experience for me. Directly outside the university walls were many little shops and bars. The university had a curfew, but we - the group of 20 international students - ignored it. Some aspects were very traditional for western students (no person of a different gender in your room, be back by 11pm). But these were just different experiences and helped me - as a young woman - to discover the values and norms I espouse to.
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I really enjoyed my time at LCB! I've found that my skills when I entered the work force were much higher than others. I think though there was a big portion missing in recipe development and composition. True- we did learn it through memorizing the recipes, but we really were missing classes on how different ingredients affect the final textures.. how you can change them... etc. That I still am not an expert in .. and I create recipes! Ouf! Also, I don't know if you still do a month of sugar work... but that really wasn't necessary and should be either cut or minimized to just 2 lessons. It's such a niche skill to know that I would have really preferred more technical skills. I loved the old location. The "rumors" I'm getting about the new location are that it's not as good, unfortunately - that i's become more of a money focused/marketing machine. I really hope that this image can be fixed as I love LCB and enjoyed my time there! Oh also - there should be more help for students to get jobs and featuring old students accomplishments - from cookbook launches to new bakeries so that current and old students can support them.
I did my undergrad in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science here, graduated in 2022. Pros: good research, great facilities, good programmes, completely free tuition, inexpensive accommodation + allowance, flexibility in course choice, wide material coverage, all pros of Korea (e.g. safety, convenient travelling) Cons: strict attendance, some lectures of poor quality, competition and relative grading, hard to make local friends/connections, all cons of Korea (e.g. no English whatsoever outside campus) The school is very much research-oriented, with lots and lots of great resources and facilities to do research. So if you want to do a research graduate or post-graduate course here and you like a particular programme, this is definitely a good place for you. That said, most profs are good researches, not necessarily good educators. University-wide policy is that every course essential for degree completion is taught in English. Thus, with a few exceptions in Humanities, and some very obscure courses, you won't have to learn Korean. The professors had to learn English though. And despite that most of them have lived for a certain period of time in the US, some really struggle to teach in English. In worst cases it will come down to the professor simply reading the slides in the lecture. Couple that with a strict attendance policy, you get a pure torture. On a positive note, most of the newly coming young profs are not like that. Lab/research experience is also very different across different professors. Some are complete grind where you only do what professor tells you to do, and end up working 55+ hours a week. Some are nice and cheerful productive environments where you can even have your name on the authors list of couple papers being an undergrad, and enjoy the research process throughout. The courses choice is wide and the programme is really flexible about what you do. This is especially true for larger departments like the School of Electrical Engineering - which is in fact, called "School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering" in Korean, and I don't even know why the word Electrical is even there - you won't get to learn anything like High Power Electrics. Depending on a course, the amount of theory and hands-on differs significantly from completely theoretical courses to labs with almost zero theory taught. Overall, I would like to get slightly more hands-on experience, but it was alright. The material coverage is on a very good balance in between breadth and depth. Perhaps, it's trying to get both breadth and depth, which results in a relatively high workload. And this high workload is something that is partly fuelled by all grading being done relatively. For example, to get an A, you don't have to score 90% - you have to be roughly above avg + 1 stddev of the normalised score distribution in your group. This encourages some instructors and assistants to either make the workload extremely high, or make the exams extremely difficult just for the sake of difficulty, or both. Yet, if you don't care too much about your grades, but still keep studying, it's hard to fail a particular course. Social life is something that is difficult to have in KAIST if you are an international student. 90% of the students are Korean, and most of them feel shy to/don't really want to reach out to international students. Reaching out to those people yourself will rarely help. Out of the remaining students most are not too much into socialising. What are the chances that you'll like the remaining few? Most clubs are also primarily Korean with all their activities conducted in Korean. Should be somewhat easier if you speak Korean, but not necessarily as easy as it would be elsewhere in the world.
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