Type of housing: dormitory, but not on campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: dormitory

Why? Because it is a good environment to really get to know people.

Personal comments:
Copenhagen University needs to work on finding international students if not nice, an ok place to live. Since the whole city lacks dormitory rooms for danish/international students, the university is placing the international students at private housing and most of my fellow international students found it unsatisfactory. I was lucky enough to get a room in a dormitory but I have heard so many complaints from other international students.

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Independently - My choice

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why? i would just choose to share the apartment with other student as i did, it's a best way to share costs and have a fine place of living.

Personal comments:
The housing service of Copenhagen University is not very helpful. The International Office didn't manage to provide all of the students with housing offers.

Type of housing: student housing

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: student housing

Why? interaction with students from all over the world; you have more of a social life.

Personal comments:
Organisation by the international office was terrible, people were trying to find accomodation for the first months of moving here, also, some people did not receive their deposits after they returned home.

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why? Because to live in an apartament makes you feel more independent than to life on campus, and there is no problem to keep in contact with your friends

Personal comments:
I was lucky, because not all the international students obtain a house throught university

Type of housing: Private dormitory for any student in Copenhagen.

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why? It was very difficult getting to know people while living in Groenjordskollegiet. Few of the residents were students at KU, so there was no continuity of contact inside and outside of the classroom. Groenjords was also a considerable distance from downtown Copenhagen and the Anthropology Institute. I would rather have lived downtown with a Danish student as an apartmentmate.

Personal comments:
There is no standard accomodation for KU. There are a host of privately owned kollegiums, which students live in while they attend any institute of learning in Copenhagen. The rooms were adequate and private, perhaps too private. Each resident has a locked cabinet and a refrigerator shelf in the kitchen. Each room had its own small bathroon. The place is made of concrete and utterly depresing. Among some of the Danish students it was known as the suicide dorm because of the atmosphere as well as an actual suicide that had taken place there many years back.

Type of housing: Room in Apartment

Arranged by: Independently - My choice

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why? Sharing a house can become tiring, especially after long working hours.

Personal comments:
They could have tried better - they had chosen rooms with families without previously asking and the reception lady was extremely rude.

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why? Gives you more independence and you normally have more room than in halls of residence

Personal comments:
Residence halls are actually not a bad place to be but it's really hard to get into one of them.

Type of housing: With a family

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why? more sociable, gives you a better chance to meet Danish students

Personal comments:
The International Office can be relied on as very helpful - but one should make sure live in the town centre

Type of housing: With a family

Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice

If returning, I would choose: With a family

Why? This is the best way for me to know the real Danish life and make me fit here in the shortest time.

Personal comments:
Unfortunately there is no dorm for the international students like me.

Type of housing: With a family

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: With a family

Why? I enjoyed the experiences and knowledge I gained from my host family. I lived with them for 5 months and became extremely close to each of them.

Personal comments:
The housing program at DIS affiliated with Copenhagen University was extremely dedicated the students studying abroad. There were several different options available including living with a host family, in a kolligieum, with a Danish student, or on your own in an apartment.

Type of housing: With a family

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: With a family

Why? It is a very good experience to live together with a host family - to know the culture better.

Personal comments:
There were no problems, everything was arranged very well.

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Independently - My choice

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why? more indipendet life

Personal comments:
seeing the high number of international students hosted by CPH university the house offer is good and well organized

Type of housing: Independent Student Hall of Residence

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Independent Student Hall of Residence

Why? The facilities were excellent and the social life at the halls was great and it was a good way to meet local students.

Personal comments:
Copenhagen University place most foreign students in family homes, etc. But they do have some places in student halls (kollegium), so if you get offered a place - grab it! Life in the halls, living with Danish students, was excellent.

Type of housing: With a family

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: With a family

Why? I really loved staying with the host family! I felt like home but still could do all what I wanted! They are still my very good friends!

Personal comments:
Everything was perfectly organised. The DIS stuff wanted us to feel like home and was really helpful. I loved all the courses, the way we were taught. It was the best experience in my life!.

Type of housing: room in a flat with an older women and a student

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: the same

Why? I had a very good relationship with my flatmates and the area I lived in was just fantastic

Personal comments:
A lot of the other exchange students had problems with their landladies/-lords and the rooms have been very expensive sometimes. I was one of the few very lucky ones with a quite cheap room in a great area and great flatmates.

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why? In my opinion, it is easier to meet other students that are in the same situation as you are if you live close to them. The area where I was living was somehow outside the main students area.

Personal comments:
The university provides an housing offer to every Erasmus student and that makes the task of arranging a place to stay much easier. In fact, the housing situation in Copenhagen is very complicated because there is a shortage of accomodation for foreign students an the prices are quite high.

Type of housing: With a family

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why? more independant

Personal comments:
university has a well-developed system facilitating the search of living space.

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why? Is good to be indipendent

Personal comments:
Very confortable, close to the University, beautiful part of the town

Type of housing: student dorms off campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: dorms

Why? Because apartments are incredibly expensive, and you get to live with others. ie. not so lonely!

Personal comments:
It was so hard for many students to find housing in Copenhagen. I was lucky to be put in a dorm, but there were many who had to rent a room from middle aged singletons whom would not let the stuents use certain parts of the house ie. t.v, coach, cupboards. Was very restrictive.

Type of housing: Danish Kollegium

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Danish Kollegium

Why? Living in a kollegium gives you a chance to interact and make friends with the Danes, something that most exchange students aren't able to accomplish. However, kollegium conditions and costs vary a lot between buildings so do your research!

Personal comments:
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