Reviews of Linköpings Universitet (LIU) | Sweden

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Rosario A

Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Engineering, Technology, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Student life dominates the city

Travel, Activities: 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

U have not to miss international night in "HG" and "Plata" on thursday. And all the activities and oipportunities the university and Linkoping give to u.

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Rosario A

Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Engineering, Technology, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Swedish Korridor

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

I already saw how is student life so it's time for new experience like to share a house with other people or to stay by myself

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

Housing in Linkoping was amazing. The people i knew, i talked to are so many i can count them. The social life there makes think about the world.

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Rosario A

Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Engineering, Technology, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

I like to travel so i spent more mone going around sweden and not only.

Travel, Overall:

was more expensive than at home.

Food, Housing, Nightlife:

was the same price as at home.

Telephone:

was less expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

none

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Rosario A

Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Engineering, Technology, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

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

none

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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Rosario A

Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Engineering, Technology, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

To speak english fluently!

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

4

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

3

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

Choose it! You will never regret!

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

There you don't need anything sweden gives you everything you need!

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Rosario A

Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Engineering, Technology, Undergraduate, Erasmus

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 Swedish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Swedish

How much did you improve your English?

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

How much did you improve your Swedish?

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

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

In Sweden most of the people speak english so there was no need to learn swedish. Surely in another context i would have learnt the local language especially if i would have been there for more than 6 months

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