Reviews of National Chengchi University (NCCU) | Taiwan

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Ulf J

Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden
Financial Management, Graduate, University Agreement

Housing

Type of housing: On campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

Campus far from city. More interesting and engrossing to live off-campus.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

Campus good way to get to know local students. Boring campus, nothing to do in the local suburbs.

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Ulf J

Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden
Financial Management, Graduate, University Agreement

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

There are only a few good nightclubs in Taipei. Everyone knows about them. The same with bars, there are a few that everyone knows about.

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Ulf J

Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden
Financial Management, Graduate, University Agreement

Overall

I wish I had known...

Bad info about courses. Probably due to confused administration at Chengchi Uni.

In my opinion:

I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.

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

Academic reasons

1

Culture

4

Costs

1

Activities

3

Campus life

2

Party / people

3

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

If you can, go to Taida.

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

1

Final comments

Buy the Lonely Planet guidebook. Very good.

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Ulf J

Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden
Financial Management, Graduate, University Agreement

Academic

Course recommendations

We missed the promised MBA courses by a year. Therefore we had limited choice in number of courses. Probably better now.

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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Ulf J

Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden
Financial Management, Graduate, University Agreement

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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

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

Good Mandarin courses on university.

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Ulf J

Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden
Financial Management, Graduate, University Agreement

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Government assistance

Other sources of funding:

A private grant

Work opportunities:

It was not legal for me to work

Personal spending habits

Somewhat cheaper food. As expensive nightlife, did more of it.

Travel, Nightlife:

was more expensive than at home.

Overall:

was the same price as at home.

Housing, Food, 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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