Type of housing: A room exchange

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: A room exchange

Why? If I would go on exchange there again, I would choose to live in the same appartment. The location was great, right between the Business School and the city centre.

Personal comments:
In general housing at this university is very good. Most residences have a phone line and internet. There is however one residence that could use a lot of improvement. This is my residence; we were the only ones who did not have a phone line. The building was very old as well. But the fact that I was among exchange students (around 70, but sharing an appartment with 5 others) and had a good location made up for this all.

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

Activities, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal comments:
No doubt: go to the Park Cafè on Thursday night. It's an amazing place with students, locals live music and disco. There's also a very nice open space with music and bar. In Copenhagen you can always find something to do in the night a part from Sunday and Monday. During the day you can have a nice walk in the centre of the town, there are many nice shops or spend the day in the museums. If you wan to travel go to Aarhus it's a very nice university town. Take a look at Christiania, Tivoli and moreover the National Museum

Course recommendations:
CEMS courses which I took where really great. There are limited places available in these courses so the classes and interaction are really interesting and valuable. Teachers communicate with students by e-mail and all courses' materials you can find and download from the web page.

Personal comments:
There should be maybe more przctical aspects included into teaching, e.g. more meetings with business professionals.

Language of instruction: English

Main source of funding:
Personal savings

Other sources of funding:
Family

Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience

Personal spending habits:
Housing is about 3 times more expensive than in home, and since this is the item you most spend in becomes the more important to take into account. In second place is food, it is also about 3 time the prices from back home, but you always can try to look for thge cheapest kind of food, so is easier to manage.

Food, Nightlife, Overall, Telephone, Housing: was more expensive than at home.

Travel: was the same price as at home.

I wish I had known...
For longer stay it is worth to know that the best way of transport in Copenhagen is biking. It's really comfortable and cheaper than public transportation, but you have to buy a used bike not a new one.

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