• At the end of the PCIP course, participant students completed the relevant "PCIP-Final-Report-Students" questionnaires, according to IKY-Erasmus IP Programmes guidelines.

• Questionnaires were anonymized (optional) and the only mandatory field to be completed by each student was his/her corresponding Institution.

• Relevant questions documented the motivation for participation of students, the way they have been informed, along with semi-quantitative (5 degree ordinal scale) validation of the provided support by home and host Institutions, level of satisfaction with their accommodation, validation of the scientific content of the teaching, the teaching process and teaching material used, as well as of related cultural activities.

• Furthermore, project evaluation by students was not limited to questionnaires, but included an extended discussion with students at the end of the course, where students were individually asked by their professors to provide their comments regarding potential topics to be improved in future courses. 

• Based on questionnaire validation and discussion with students there was a general agreement of students regarding strengths and weaknesses of the PCIP 2010 course as follows: