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🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Coliving / Shared House

How much was the rent per month?

370

Where was it located?

Miraflores

How can someone find this place?

Nomadroof (website)

Would you recommend it?

Yes, super roomates, serious platform and owner

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

A lot of organized parties in diferent kinds and days. A lot of Erasmus but also Peruvian students

🎓 Uni life at USIL

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

Global Management Skills, International operations but not International Human Ressources

Do you have some tips?

Do sports because super infrastructures and good following with good team

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

Too easy to move: many things to do in Perou and around Lima

🌆 Lima vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Lima?

A lot bit expensive rather than Perou in general but it is good to have fun, to see great sunset, buy clothes...

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🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Coliving / Shared House

How much was the rent per month?

400$

Where was it located?

San Isidro, 20 mins walking from university

How can someone find this place?

instagram or form uni's recommendation

Would you recommend it?

The house and the overall experience in the house were amazing — I really loved it because of the people and how well we got along with each other. Looking at the other houses, I realized that mine is the best. However, it’s also true that some things were promised but never provided. The owner is very helpful, but sometimes a bit intrusive. He lives with us...

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

clubs not the best, restaurant mroe or less but good events and very nice bars

🎓 Uni life at UPC

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

they are all good!!! professors are amazing here

Do you have some tips?

If you want to choose a campus where you can really be part of the community, I wouldn’t recommend San Isidro because it’s quite small. However, in my opinion, it’s the best one because it’s in the city center. You have everything close by, and wherever you go, you don’t feel unsafe.. Registration has been a nightmare — the platforms didn’t work, and the people who were supposed to help with the process didn’t respond. In my opinion, this was the only negative thing about this university. But everything else, like the professors, was fantastic.

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

the best one in peru, arequipa, la selva y machu picchu. but going to Machu Picchu is super complicated

🌆 Lima vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Lima?

Always stay in the Miraflores and San Isidro neighborhoods. In the evening, move around only by taxi and never walk alone at night. The historic center is especially dangerous at night. But if you stay around San Isidro, Miraflores, and Barranco, you don’t feel unsafe.

💡 Other Tips

The seasons are reversed — when it’s summer in Europe, it’s winter here, and vice versa. And when it’s winter here, it’s really cold, plus the sun never, ever comes out. It’s always cloudy.

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🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Student Residence

How much was the rent per month?

350

Where was it located?

Miraflores

How can someone find this place?

Would you recommend it?

Yes, I was in a great area and a casa of 10 students.

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

The best clubs are casona and bizaro

🎓 Uni life at Universidad del Pacifico

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

I recommend Gender Inequality

Do you have some tips?

The campus is nice

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

Cusco

🌆 Lima vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Lima?

Transport is not that great I would take the taxi to go to school

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🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Coliving / Shared House

How much was the rent per month?

Around 400€

Where was it located?

Surco

How can someone find this place?

Would you recommend it?

No it was dirty

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

The Erasmus events were ok but the bars in Lima are kinda cool

🎓 Uni life at UPC

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

No classes don’t go to this uni

Do you have some tips?

The campus is old and the organisation is chaotic, but the exams are easy

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

Macht pichu obviously but also I tried to cursor as much as possible in South America like buenes aires, Rio and Panama

🌆 Lima vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Lima?

Restaurants are amazing and the food is really good don’t walk alone at night and I didn’t take public transport

🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Airbnb

How much was the rent per month?

600

Where was it located?

Barranco

How can someone find this place?

Airbnb

Would you recommend it?

Yes, we share the flat with my roomate

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

I travel all the time. When I was in Lima, I hung out with my Peruvian friends, mostly in cafes and at house parties. We also did a lot of sports. Lima is great for surfing, running, cycling, and you can go to the climbing gym.

🎓 Uni life at UPC

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

Every class was nice.

Do you have some tips?

Try to attend your classes on Monday and Tuesday, as well as the online classes, and enjoy!

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

- Huaraz - Punta Hermosa - Jungle - Cusco - Arequipa - Paracas - Hucachina - Mancora - Trujillo Go to the mountains, the jungle, the ocean.

🌆 Lima vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Lima?

Stay near Barranco, San Isidro, or Miraflores Go to restaurants Go surfing, to the beach, and travel

💡 Other Tips

Many Peruvian students at UPC speak English fluently. They are very friendly, so chat with them and be curious. Many Peruvian students at UPC speak English fluently. They are very friendly, so chat with them and be curious.

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🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Airbnb

How much was the rent per month?

500

Where was it located?

Barranco

How can someone find this place?

Airbnb

Would you recommend it?

Yes

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

Great parties and events in Miraflores

🎓 Uni life at UPC

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

I don't recommend class they were not bad but not very good.

Do you have some tips?

The campus was great, but to register to the class it was little bit hard. You have to ask again and again.

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

All the cities in the country is great, cuzco, arequipa, mancora. Is also easy to go to Bolivia, Colombia and Ecador.

🌆 Lima vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Lima?

The food is very good in Lima, is also a great city to walk in Barranco, Miraflores... You can surf so also go to the beach. Very great city for me

💡 Other Tips

The national bank is good to take your cash because is not taking you charges.

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🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Airbnb

How much was the rent per month?

450-500

Where was it located?

À Barranco, proche de Miraflores, ce sont les 2 quartiers sympa pour vivre à Lima et là où se déroule toutes les soirées. C’était à 45 min en bus d’universidad pacifico.

How can someone find this place?

https://www.airbnb.com/l/5XhEnYPR

Would you recommend it?

C’était très bien, nous étions 2 et avons choisi ce logement car nous voulions être tranquille et pas dans une casa. Le seul point négatif c’est que la piscine était cassée donc je recommande de tester un immeuble à côté où la piscine fonctionne.

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

À Lima il y a un groupe Erasmus avec des mecs de lima qui organisent des grosses soirées pour nous et même un week end d’intégration. Avec Universidad pacifico il y a aussi beaucoup de soirée

🎓 Uni life at universidad del pacifico

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

Cours d’innovation, de marketing et de relations internationales

Do you have some tips?

Le campus est sympa mais je n’y allais que rapidement pour les cours. C’est très compliqué de choisir ses cours car cela se fait au shotgun et personnellement je n’ai eu aucun cours que je voulais à la base.

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

Au Pérou il y a énormément d’opportunités de voyage, c’est très vaste. Il y a des petits voyages qui se font sur un week end : Huacachina, Arequipa, l’Amazonie à Iquitos, Lac Titicaca. Après Cusco il faut y aller une semaine voire 8-9 jours si tu veux faire le trek du Machu Picchu et les autres visites autour (Montagne colorée,…). Apres possibilité de faire Colombie, Bolivie, et autres pays d’Amérique Latine pour pas cher. Avec Universidad Pacifico il est possible d’avoir jusqu’à 8 absences par cours donc il faut pas hésiter pour voyager!

🌆 Lima vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Lima?

c’est une très bonne ville pour vivre en tant qu’étudiant ou travailleur, mais il n’y a pas grand chose à faire. Quand il fait encore beau il faut profiter de la plage et du surf. A partir de début mai il commence à faire tout gris et c compliqué de faire des activités à lima

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🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Coliving / Shared House

How much was the rent per month?

370 euros

Where was it located?

Miraflores

How can someone find this place?

whatsapp- Boris- +34624148354

Would you recommend it?

Totally, the experience of living with +20 people was amazing

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

Bar Lima, Bar la noche, La casona

🎓 Uni life at Universidad del Pacifico

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

I do not recommend International Affairs

Do you have some tips?

Registration of the courses was difficult because it was based on a first come first serve basis which proved to have technical problems, so we had to email the international office... Campus was really cool, yes I would pick the same Uni probably.

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

Huaraz, Arequipa, Cusco...

🌆 Lima vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Lima?

A lot of traffic, You need to move by Uber

🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Airbnb

How much was the rent per month?

450-500

Where was it located?

À Barranco, proche de Miraflores, ce sont les 2 quartiers sympa pour vivre à Lima et là où se déroule toutes les soirées. C’était à 45 min en bus d’universidad pacifico.

How can someone find this place?

https://www.airbnb.com/l/5XhEnYPR

Would you recommend it?

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

À Lima il y a un groupe Erasmus avec des mecs de lima qui organisent des grosses soirées pour nous et même un week end d’intégration. Avec Universidad pacifico il y a aussi beaucoup de soirée

🎓 Uni life at universidad del pacifico

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

Cours d’innovation, de marketing et de relations internationales

Do you have some tips?

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

🌆 Lima vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Lima?

Talk to Marine

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