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4.09 / 5 based on 429 reviews
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
The 'campus' is near the NHH, I would prefer to live in the city centre
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Personal comments
Accomodation is OK. Not very impressing and old buildings form the 1960s, but you live together with most of the other exchange students. The rooms are pretty small, but you have a private bathroom. Also, you share the kitchen with six other students, it's well equiped and large enough to invite people for a party!
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Metro, club situated under the SAS hotel, good ambiance, not-so commercial dance music, and free entrance and lower alcohol prices on wednesday.
Cafe Clue - nice student place, bar/club, thursday night is best, two beers for the price of one.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
I would have liked it when I had had more specific information about the accomodation and university courses
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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
It's a nice university. Classes are small. There are some very interesting country specific courses, like fisheries management, energy markets and shipping economics
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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
Bring a lot of money, a laptop with ethernet card, your own ski or snowboard clothing and equipment, and an umbrella!
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Academic
My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
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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
In Norway virtually everybody speaks English, even in the supermarkets. Therefore it was not really worth the trouble learning Norwegian, when you don't have that as a target.
The level of Enlish of the teachers was not always very good.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Norway is extremely expensive, plus my social life was more intensive in Bergen than in Rotterdam
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Food, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Housing:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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