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"I primarily used a credit card which I found charged less than using my ATM card."
"I would suggest to pay mostly with credit and less with cash because the ATM fees add up quickly when you constantly take out money." |
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Housing: €300/month
Food: €20/week
Local Transportation: €10/week
Books (per semester): €50
Entertainment: €20/week
Phone Calls: Skype. My parents and I both had Skype. It was the best deal there. |
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"Do not count on the University to provide housing. If I had known to simply find housing before arriving in Pamplona it would have made things much better for me."
"I lived in an apartment that we found ourselves."
"There are many students who post on the University website when one of their roommates will be out for a semester and they need somebody else to fill it."
"The apartment I had was furnished, but it is noteworthy to mention that the typical apartment in Pamplona does not have Internet - even if there are students living there." |
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"The course registration was very simple. I received a book with all the courses in it, I went to my specific department at Navarra and asked them to separate the English courses from the Spanish courses and then I chose what I wanted. I wrote them down on the form they provided, went back to my department secretary and she registered me. It took very little time."
"The grading system is a 10 point scale with passing being anything above a 5. There was no curve."
"The workload in the regular classes was slightly heavy for the typical Spanish student, but I found myself spending a lot of time on it because I wasn't fluent in the language - so I would say the workload was about on par with Stern classes."
"Its weakness was the less liberal classroom environment. It was frowned upon to disagree with a professor, even if the point being taught was subjective (i.e. ethics)." |
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"I really enjoyed the Institute of Spanish Language and Culture classes I took - Spanish Language in Business and Spanish Business Practice. They were mainly for exchange students, but they were taught all in Spanish." |
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"There was a great international student program that the University provided on select days (usually weekends). They would pick certain days and you would pay a small fee to participate in various events like trips to castles, wine museums, ice skating, etc..."
"I spent most of my time with students from Spain. It was relatively easy to meet Spanish students because my Marketing class required group work."
"I made a close friend through my class and after school was over I visited with her family in her town for a few days. Through her I also met many other students from Spain and we had a really great time." |
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"The best piece of information that I received was to keep a journal. At first I thought it would be tedious or boring, but looking back now I am very happy that I kept a journal documenting my time."
"After the semester was over, I traveled a lot but did not use the rail pass. Instead you can get very cheap trips through discount airline websites - Ryanair, Easyjet, Vueling, Clickair."
"Pamplona's location for traveling is not great - Madrid and Barcelona are more accessible. However I really enjoyed staying in Pamplona which has a great old part of town and the students I met were really inviting and accommodating."
"If you travel with Ryanair to Barcelona be careful. The "Barcelona" airport is actually an airport called Girona which is a full hour and a half from Barcelona."
"I would suggest Easycruise - a discount cruise ship I took from Brussels to Antwerp to Rotterdam to Amsterdam and back to Brussels for only $175 (not euros) for 7 nights."
"I would suggest doing the Morocco Exchange which is a program separate from Navarra that takes you to Morocco for 4 days for about 150 euros all included. It is a home-stay program that is very eye-opening. They have a website which is moroccoexchange.org."
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"While in Pamplona you should go to Merengo on Thursday nights. This is a club that most students go to because of its discounts on Thursdays."
"While traveling in Europe you should definitely see Cinque Terre on the western coast of Italy. You can hike or take the train between the five small towns. If you do go there, I recommend staying in Mar Mar, which has excellent facilities for a good price."
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