Reviews of Oulun Seudun Ammattikorkeakoulu | Finland

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Jérôme T

ESIEE - Amiens (école supérieure d'ingénieurs en électrotech, Amiens, France
Engineering, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

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

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Gigglin Marlin

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Jérôme T

ESIEE - Amiens (école supérieure d'ingénieurs en électrotech, Amiens, France
Engineering, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: A room exchange

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

to have more space.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

i lived in the same room of another boy... so, not a lot of privacy...

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Jérôme T

ESIEE - Amiens (école supérieure d'ingénieurs en électrotech, Amiens, France
Engineering, 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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Jérôme T

ESIEE - Amiens (école supérieure d'ingénieurs en électrotech, Amiens, France
Engineering, 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 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: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

it was very good, but finnish are little shy to speak in English.

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Jérôme T

ESIEE - Amiens (école supérieure d'ingénieurs en électrotech, Amiens, France
Engineering, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

know more about the finnish language

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

4

Costs

2

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

3

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

this university is very good. i had a real good experience with it.

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

3

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

i am very happy to went there. The language is the only problem because most of finnish are little shy to speak in english with foreigner, but it is not a generality.

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Jérôme T

ESIEE - Amiens (école supérieure d'ingénieurs en électrotech, Amiens, France
Engineering, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Other sources of funding:

Personal savings

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

telephone: expensive call in France housing: the rent was less expensive nightlife: i wanted to discover the nightlife in Finland

Telephone, Nightlife:

was more expensive than at home.

Travel, Food, Overall:

was the same price as at home.

Housing:

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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