Student Residence

900€

Bahnstraße

though a esn whatsapp group

although it’s very expensive for what it is, the neighbourhood is really good, it’s 2 min walking to the metro station and 12 min walking to the train station, it’s also close to the rhein center which is very good

cuba bar, veedel club, molkstraße, rudolfplatz, friedensplatz

all of the classes are in german and the teachers don’t really make an effort to speak in English at the TH architecture leg

the erasmus coordinator is really nice, the campus has good facilities

aachen, maastrich, liège, munich, berlin, amsterdam, salzburg, düsseldorf, dortmund, brussels, prague, vien, bratislava, budapest

christmas markets are the best in cologne, heumarkt and neumarkt have some really cool places to eat and drink

Classic Apartment

750

SüdStadt

Zeitwohnen.de

it was nice, modern, well-located but the agency is not really helping and responding when we have issues

lots of techno clubs, students meetings and parties with esnkoeln, good events, bars everywhere

supply chain management, negotiation

campus is really so-so (not a campus but a floor in a business building), registration is complicated, admin never helps us nor communicates...

go to cities nearby such as Bonn, Essen, Leverkusen, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, and go further to visit beautiful castles and other big cities (stuttgart, frankfurt, hamburg, münchen...)

rent is expensive, club entries are expensive but groceries are not, same goes for bars and restaurants

germans here are really closed off and try to learn a bit of german (basics) so you don't get too side-eyed

Coliving / Shared House

660

Lindenthal, 10 minitues walk to the campus

It's an offer from the incomings team of UOC

The location is very convenient, next to tramway. Just need to be aware that it's a shared house of 4 students and the landlord.

don't really know bars, sorry

Entrepreneur ship, seminars.

In general, UOC is really nice and the city itself is good for students. The campus is split in the city, be aware to check the building of your class.

didn't really do much trips. It's convenient to go to Paris with Eurostar though, book the ticket early enough you only need to spend 60 euro for a return trip.

nothing particular

Coliving / Shared House

650

Erhenfeld

WG gesucht

I had troubles for the beginning of my erasmus for the accomodation. I should have a shared appartment but was insalubrious (impossible to live in). I used housing anywhere to find it( this is a platform where landlords can show their places). BUT be careful on this website you have real offers but also fake offers. And mine was a fake one : "HABYT" (i stayed 1 week in a hotel before finding a solution). At the end, thanks to resourcefulness and contacts, i lived during my whole erasmus into a german family. But one advice, use WG gesucht to find accomodation -> safest Or use housinganywhere but check online if the landlord is correct. Also, in my opinion, do not have a flat into the city center. They all have one in the nearby suburb. And it is also where the German lives. The city center is almost dedicated to tourists. And the best places to chill out are in the nearby suburb

I can only say that Boothaus is very nice for techno music.

Some classes are way more difficult and need more works than others. Eg i was following the courses in supply chain and was really intense. Most of the time bullshits courses are really easy and the exams are really simple. But for interesting courses, that's the opposite. Also i recommend you to take more classes that you must follow (you can do it and just in case if you failed one or many). Be aware that the german method on learning are always based on formulas. You learned theoritical thingy based on formulas. And the exam is only 1 hour. It is really short for the amount of works we have to produce. My advice, and advice from german, is to base your time on the number of points the question is worth (most of the time the exam is graded out of 60 points)

The campus is really nice. The registration a nightmare. But i would pick the same uni because i learned so much.

You will get a deutshland semester ticket. It's a pass for having bikes for free and taking the "TER" also for free only in Germany. The "TGV" remains to your charge. But you are closed to many nice cities around. Even to go to luxembourg or Maastricht is really easy

Not many things finally. German is part of Europe so do what you already do in France and you will see the difference beetwen French and German.

Enjoy your exchange ; )

Coliving / Shared House

680

Sudstadt Cologne - near Chlodwigplatz

website

Perfect accomaodation for 2 or 3 people who knows each other. Big kitchen quite expensive for 2

Best Techno parties : Boothaus - Gowelbe - Artheater - Odonien

Not recommand IFRS classes

Administration is very shit, quite messy. No student life on the campus

From 5 hours to Berlin. Near Dortmund, Bonn, and leverkusen

Easy transportation, good places to drink a beer and party. German people are a bit cold

The only problem with Germany is the fact that we speak german

Classic Apartment

1100

45 min

Website

No

Nice night club

I don’t recommend it

I wouldn’t pick the same uni again.

It’s better to have a car for traveling

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