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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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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
Personal comments
Studentakjallarin is on the university campus, amazing cheap beer and international and national students in there. Kaffibarinn and sircus, the best coffeehouses and bars in town. Cafe Kultura meeting point for foreign people.
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Because we were 6 students in one appartement and so we felt like a family.
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Personal comments
The housing was very good organized. If you have problems with your landlady or your flatmates, it is no problem to change the rooms or the house if you contact the international office. Our house was really close to the university. You don't have to care about the housing, the host university arranges everything concerning housing.
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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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
It was no problem to handle everyday life and university only with english. If you want to get in contact with Icelandic people then you should try to learn Icelandic before.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Nearly everything is more expensive than in Austria. Especially alcohol, food, clothes and cigarettes.
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Food, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Buy a pre-paid card for your mobile phone. This is not so expensive and it is the cheapest way to phone home.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
That it is so hard to get in contact with Icelandic people.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
A perfect university, didn't want to go home after a semester.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
Try to travel as much as possible. This country is beautiful. Take with you a good warm jacket, a hat, a scarf and gloves. The wind and the weather in Iceland is very often really cold, windy and wet.
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Academic
Course recommendations
Courses are very good, but a lot of work, essays, presentations and normally an exam at the end.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
My opinion of the university assessment
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Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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