Type of housing:
Student residence

Arranged by:
Host university

If returning, I would choose:
Apartment/House
Why? I would no longer be a student, and in student resideces people lead student lives, very different from a worker's lifestyle. The worker needs more a quite household than a student.

Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community

Travel, Nightlife take/s place mostly within the university/student environment

Activities take/s place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Course recommendations:
The courses of the international program are in english and they helped me to get credits even when my German wasn't that good. Choose the classes as soon as the enrollment is open, they get filled-up really quick, given the huge amount of students at the WU. Take classes in German with regular students, it helps to understand their way of learning.

The language of instruction was:
German

My proficiency in the language of instruction:
before: Basic phrases
after: At ease in most situations

Learning the language of instruction was a factor in choosing my host country

Main source of funding:
Family

Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities
I worked during my study abroad experience.
Other kind of work

Personal spending habits:
The life in Vienna is much more expensive then in Gorizia, where my home University is located. Food costs more in the supermarket and at the restaurants, the trasportation are better organized but they cost twice as much. Nightlife was maybe the same, but only because the University arranged special agreements with the clubs in order to let the exchange students have convenient prices. Only the University books were cheaper; the professors themselves spread photocopies, and the prices were much more reasonable than in Italy.

I wish I had known ...
More knowledge about the organization of the Austrian University.

In my opinion:
Most people loved it.