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Housing
Type of housing: With 5 Norwegian families
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: With more host families
Why?
It gave me great opportunity to understand the Norwegian culture, traditions, mentality, I had the chance to live the REAL Norwegian life. I became a "Norwegian" for half a year.
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Personal comments
All families were very nice and kind to me and they offered me the best living standard. I could see and compare all different ways of living, it enabled me to meet the family members, lead the conversation with them and get known Norway from all different points of view.
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Since Norway has such a wunderful nature and offers many sport opportunities, I would recommend to do all kinds of sports (skiing in winter, cycling, jogging,sailin in summer).Travelling around the Norwegian coast and exploring the fjords and mountains can´t be missed. I trully recommend rafting on Norwegian rivers and summer hiking on the snow fields - very breath taking. Since the nights are so light during the summer, our favourite social activity was BBQ on the island Kalvoya.
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Academic
Course recommendations
I recommend to an exange student to register more courses of all different specialisations than is needed, and then (after 2 weeks) decide which to keep according to the personal and career requirements.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
I would appreciate to interact more with the Norwegian students in the team work. The teams were created mainly of the exchange students, and so we didn´t have such good chance to work and study with Norwegians.
Otherwise I find the Business School of a very high quality.
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My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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Overall
I wish I had known...
I informed myself quite well and recommend to do so,since it helpes mainly in the beginning to avoid useless mistakes.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
BI did a good job, the exchange program was organised perfectly. I would maybe appreciate more social events and travelling organised by school.
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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
The study exchange program at BI in Sandvika was just excellent. The life in Norway is very sporty and natural, so I recommend to be prepared for that - be prepared for all kinds of sports and outdoor events.
Norway has wonderful countryside and it is definitelly worth travelling around.
Be prepared that you will spend more money then in your home country, but don´t worry about that - they are worth spending.
This half a year with all its events and activities was extraordinary experience!!!
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Other
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
I wanted to explore Norway and have a social life with the exchange student, so I travelled and went out more than an ordinary student usually does. And it was deffinitely worth doing.
Besides that Norway is realtively expensive country.
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Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone, Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Travelling in Norway is very expensive -I recommend to inform about all travel discounts immediatelly in the beginning. Cycling in spring and summer is the best way of the local transportation.
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
As all Norwegians speak English very well and my English is fluent, too, I didn´t have any communication problems.
Besides that I attended a Norwegian course. Living with families helped me a lot to cope with this language,so that in the end of my study period I was able to speak with Norwegians mostly in their native language.
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