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3.90 / 5 based on 484 reviews
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Travel, Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Onnela is fantastic! Because there are four different rooms playing four different types of music, if you're not enjoying one you can move to another. You don't get that luxury in most clubs!
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Personal comments
The housing was fine. However, I would have preferred a bit more space - the room is pretty small to share with another person.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Personal savings<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
Some things, particularly food (at least food that I like) and alcohol are more expensive here than in the UK. The housing, however, was far cheaper... probably half of what I was paying at home, so it evened out.
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Travel, Food, Nightlife, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
My computer broke 3 days after arriving and I had to buy a new one. I would advise others to insure their goods as well as themselves - it could have saved me hundreds of pounds/euros!
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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
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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Overall
I wish I had known...
It would perhaps have been nice to have more information about public transport, and travelling to Oulu in general... we had a lot of trouble trying to get a train to Oulu when we first arrived!
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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
I would recommend to anybody to come here... it's certainly been an experience I will never forget!
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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
Take personal and possessions insurance out before coming... it may end up saving you a fortune. And get to know the both local and exchange students... life here is so much more fun when you've got friends to do things with.
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language
How much did you improve your the local language?
My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I didn't really have much of a problem as most people speak English, but I suppose if they didn't it may have forced me to learn more of the language, which might also have been beneficial.
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