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Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

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3.83 / 5 based on 898 reviews
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Philippe S
ENSAM, Paris, France
Engineering, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities, Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Activities
Nightlife
Travel
Overall
Personal comments
dtu friday free concert, jazz clubs in cph...
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Philippe S
ENSAM, Paris, France
Engineering, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Housing
Type of housing: With a family
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
being far from the campus is limit to get in touch with other international students
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Personal assessment
Cost
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Personal comments
housing is arrenged by host university without possibility to choose the kind of accomodation. they say it is really difficult to get accomodation. in fact i have friends who arrived earlier and could find accomodation on the campus.
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Philippe S
ENSAM, Paris, France
Engineering, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Social
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Personal comments
i hadn't any problem in english which helped me a lot for some theoritical classes where it could have been a problem.
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Philippe S
ENSAM, Paris, France
Engineering, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
life is expensive in denmark but you can manage with food and general things... but transportation is horribly expensive.... as well as books to study!
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Housing, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone, Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
Administrative
Money from home
Personal comments
i would say transportation to go to copenhagen...
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Philippe S
ENSAM, Paris, France
Engineering, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Overall
I wish I had known...
well, maybe it would have been possible for me to get near campus accomodation but it requires big efforts and a better information about that before the semester, some tips...
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
4
Culture
4
Costs
3
Activities
3
Campus life
2
Party / people
2
Weather / location
1
Personal recommendation
have a look at the courses catalogues on the Internet!
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
3
Traveled
3
Improved language skills
3
Met people from other countries
3
Became more independent
3
Partied a lot
2
Experienced a change in life
3
Advanced my studies & career
4
Final comments
Study abroad was just what i needed and i am very grateful for this personal experience: I don't really have good advice but to try it...
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Philippe S
ENSAM, Paris, France
Engineering, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Academic
Course recommendations
coming from mechanical engineering school, i choose very interesting course abouit management, environment and international cooperation!
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My academic experiences
Quality of courses
Variety of courses
Access to resources
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
the only thing i regret is that some teachers couldn't make you interested in their lectures... but that's a comments i could do everywhere i think...
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My opinion of the university assessment
Exams at end of course
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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