Reviews of Helsinki School of Economics (AALTO UNIVERSITY) | Finland

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jalmagro

Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
Business Studies, Graduate, MBA Programm

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

Share an apartment with other foreign students it´s basically the best for study, for learning the language and for keeping a certain level of independence.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

First of all it was a great personal experience because I made quite a lot friends there during that period. The location was perfect ( less than 10 minutes walking from the university) and the facilities at the apertment were really good.

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jalmagro

Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
Business Studies, Graduate, MBA Programm

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

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

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Helsinki has an important night life. Nice spots are Helsinki Club, SODA, Pravda, Amarillo and Molly Malone Irish bar. Kaivopuisto park it´s a nice place that have to be visited as many other like the harbour, the cathedral....Concerning events.... when you are in a foreign country everything has to be basically followed.

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jalmagro

Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
Business Studies, Graduate, MBA Programm

Academic

Course recommendations

It´s a very good MBA Programm with a quite interesting courses.

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

Not really.

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

Overall

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jalmagro

Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
Business Studies, Graduate, MBA Programm

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Personal savings

Other sources of funding:

Family

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

Basically finland has a higher living cost if you compare it with spain. That´s why you spend more money.

Overall, Food, Nightlife, Telephone, Housing:

was more expensive than at home.

Travel:

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

Not really.

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jalmagro

Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
Business Studies, Graduate, MBA Programm

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning English a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my English

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: At ease in most situations

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Basically nordic countries have a high level of english so it´s quite easy to interact there with all sort of people, i haven´t many problems in that sense. Of course be bale to speak finnish can be quite interesting in order to interact completelu with people, but you can manage there withou problems just speaking english.

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