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Chalmers Tekniska Högskola
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Chalmers University of Technology

Chalmers Tekniska Tekniska Högskola, 41 296 Göteborg, Sweden, Gothenburg
3.87 / 5 based on 252 reviews.
Description:
Chalmers University of Technology offers Ph.D and Licentiate course programmes as well as MScEng, MArch, BScEng and nautical programmes. The University was founded in 1829 following a donation by William Chalmers. The first vice-chancellor of the University was Carl Palmstedt. Chalmers became an independent foundation on July 1, 1994.


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86% of students recommend
252 reviews
Housing
3.8/5
 All experiences (252)
Student life
4.0/5
 5 stars (48)
Academic
4.0/5
 4 stars (102)
Languages
4.3/5
 3 stars (102)
Expenses
3.2/5
 2 stars (0)
Overall
4.4/5
 1 star (0)
“I wish i had more time here to continue learning the language and actually continue working here, which will be difficult.” Read Review
guilgant, France

252 reviews of Chalmers University of Technology

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HOUSING    
by biddut, B.U.E.T., Dhaka, Bangladesh
Telecommunications, Inernational M.S. Programme
Personal assessment
Cost
KEY:
Couldn't have asked for more.
Pretty good.
Could've been better, but didn't lessen the overall experience.
Disappointing.
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why? Since my present abott is quite far away from the university, it is not possible to study at the university after midnight. It takes about 30 minutes to come the university and its also expensive.
Personal comments:
This year many students got the chance to study at this famous university and that's why there was some scarcity of accomodation. As far as I could realize, the university should have been more prudent about this situation.
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STUDENT LIFE    
by PABLO, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
Materials Science, Erasmus
Personal social experience
Activities
KEY:
Amazing! Hardly had time to study.
Plenty to do when I had the time.
So-so.
Did not get involved.
Nightlife
Travel
Overall
Describe host city: Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal comments:
Night spots:Niva and Excet,the first one is located in Avenyn,the main street in the city, and the second one in Vasagatan.Best cafe:Expresso House in Vasagatan(this streets is full of nice cafes).Jazz festival that is held in august:everyone is out in the streets and lot of concerts take place there.Midsummer:on the 21th of june in which people usually go out of the city to celebrate the summer has already come.
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ACADEMIC    
by houiko, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Management Science, Erasmus
My academic experiences
Quality of courses
KEY:
Fantastic.
Pretty good.
Could've been a bit better.
Disappointing.
Variety of courses
Availability/access to resources
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with other international students
Interaction with local students
Course recommendations:
The courses stress group work and a lot of indepedent research and analysis..Very open styled examinations that improve creativity and a pro active approach.Very relaxed and professional organization..Learning by having fun and interacting with teachers and guse lecturers..Very good experience..Plus company visits and a final Master's thesis work done in cooperation with a Swedish company.



My opinion of the university assessment
Exams at end of course
KEY:
Liked it.
It was alright.
A bit annoying.
Didn't like it.
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course.
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
Overall
Personal comments:
May be, more interaction with local students by joint academic activities...For everything else the environment (including the facilities) and the organization were very good, Nordic style I would say!

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LEARNING ENGLISH    
by Guilhem, Ecole Nationale Sup. des Techniques Industr. et des Mines d'Alès, Nîmes, France
Design (Fashion, Graphic, Industrial, Web), University Agreement
Language difficulties
Social
KEY:
No problems.
I coped pretty well.
Sometimes it was difficult.
It was a constant struggle.
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction.
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Was learning Swedish a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my Swedish
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
How much did you improve your Swedish?
My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
Personal comments:
The proficiency of natives in English is very wonderful. However, that means that it makes all the more difficult to learn the local language because people tend to switch back to english instead of swedish if they notice that you are not good enough.
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EXPENSES    
by João, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Computer Science/IT, Erasmus
The accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
KEY:
Very easy.
Minimal effort.
Accessible but required effort.
Almost impossible.
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
Administrative
Money from home
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
None
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits:
Food is almost the same price. You get more choice when it comes to international food, which I like.
Travel, Nightlife, Overall, Housing: was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone: was the same price as at home.
Personal comments:
Nightlife and eating out is where you will spend more money. I advise you to eat at home, cook you food. Restaurants don't seem that good. Pizzas and Kebabs have good price and you can get nice quality. Summary: If you want very nice/gourmet food do it yourself. If you want to eat out, I think Pizza and Kebab house are what is worth. Nevertheless, at lunch its quite cheap to eat out at most places/restaurants, there is lunch menus everywhere. That is worth once in a while. Lunch at Chalmers can also be a cheap an nice experience, try the vegetarian buffet at the canteen.
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OVERALL    
by houiko, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Management Science, Erasmus
Important to choosing this university...
Academic reasons
KEY:
Very Important.
Important.
Not really important.
Unimportant.
Culture
Costs
Activities
Campus life
Party / people
Weather / Location
I wish I had known...
Not really..I appreciated I had to discover myself cultural differences and adapted consequently.
In my opinion:
I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.



During my experience abroad, I ...
Became familiar with another culture
KEY:
Happened all the time.
Happened quite a lot.
Happened a bit.
Didn't happen.
Traveled
Improved language skills
Met people from other countries
Became more independent
Partied a lot
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies/career
Personal recommendation:
It is a good university, the best in Sweden together with KTH of Stockholm...It has a good international and domestic reputation among companies and in the academic world.May be, for someone would be difficult to get udjusted to the dark weather and the coldeness during the winter..It will be difficult to interact with Swedish students as well since they are conservative to my impression..But the experience to get to know a different academic approach and a different culture plus the highly valued international context makes the experience a very good one!



FINAL COMMENTS

A helpful advice is to shut down all the prejudices once in Sweden and start to interact with the local environment from scrap..It will make the permanence easier in the beginning and funnier afterward.
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