Reviews of Linköpings Universitet (LIU) | Sweden

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rlaorga

Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
Engineering, Electronic, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Student life dominates the city

Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Travel, Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

The best for a students is the parties organized by the university or by the students. I liked the concerts and cultural events.

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rlaorga

Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
Engineering, Electronic, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

Because you are in touch with more students. And the university is much closer, you need less time to move specialy when the weather is really bad.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

Depends of the corridor and the people in you can be better or worse. Usually is not very clean.

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rlaorga

Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
Engineering, Electronic, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Personal savings

Other sources of funding:

Family<br> An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

I didn't have telephone, I used e-mail. The weather was too hard to have more Nightlife. I had no enough money to travel a lot. In my country to travel is cheaper.

Housing, Food:

was the same price as at home.

Telephone, Nightlife, Overall, Travel:

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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rlaorga

Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
Engineering, Electronic, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

Try to organice people with the same level of knowledge.

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 timetable is different every day... I think is better to do a static plan, and then you can organice yourself better.

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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rlaorga

Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
Engineering, Electronic, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

About to find a job. Most of the offers you need the local language to work there.

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

3

Culture

3

Costs

3

Activities

2

Campus life

2

Party / people

3

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

It's a really good University. The lessons and the place are very good. You'll learn a lot there. The place is very safe, but... too cold!!!

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

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

2

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

3

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

3

Experienced a change in life

3

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

Try to have all the documents when you arrive,include the housing (if you can't it's not too difficult to rent a house). Carry clothes to suffer a hard weather. Buy a bike as soon as posible. It's better to travel in Spring or in summer.

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rlaorga

Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
Engineering, Electronic, 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: Basic phrases
My level after: At ease in most situations

How much did you improve your Swedish?

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

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

At the begining it was difficult to communicate with people with differents accents. But, bit a bit, I learned to speak more fluently and to understand conversations without difficulties.

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