Type of housing:
Apartment/House

Arranged by:
Host university

If returning, I would choose:
Apartment/House
Why? It was fine and I met people I wouldn't have otherwise met.

Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

Activities take/s place mostly within the university/student environment

Travel, Nightlife take/s place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Course recommendations:
First take more courses than you plan to pass so you can later drop the ones you don't like. Oral exams were better for me, because at my home university we have more time to write the exams than in Graz, so I really didn't have enough time to write everything down in German in like 20-30 mins.

The language of instruction was:
German

My proficiency in the language of instruction:
before: At ease in most situations
after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

Learning the language of instruction was not a factor in choosing my host country

Main source of funding:
Government assistance

Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Government assistance
An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities
I didn't explore any work options.

Personal spending habits:
Food was cheaper than in my home country. My flat was actually pretty expensive (330 €), it was only a room in a commune. Nightlife didn't cost so much, because there were hardly any entrance feesh and alcohol was pretty cheap. I spent more mony to travel than home, because Graz is so well located - I visited Venice, Prague, Budapest, Poland, Croatia, Slovenia and travelled across Austria.

I wish I had known ...
The climate was so mild and the winter was so short from my point of view...

In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!