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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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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel, Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
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Housing
Type of housing: A room exchange
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
Campus of Oulu University in Linnama has much higher standard for the similar price
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Personal comments
Enough for easy surviving. But too little space at 4-person flat with double rooms and small kitchen. Fridge very small - 3,5 shelves, almost no freezer - cubic, diagonal of enter about 15 cm; only 2 washing machines for two long 5-floor buildings ; nice that there was sauna everyday apart from Monday; too little space for bikes, mostly during winter time
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Overall
I wish I had known...
That there's governmental donations for degree students
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In my opinion:
I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
IT field at school of business is well planned and organised with very good equipment, but studying business is not at top level
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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
Specific country yet worth visiting and staying for longer (but not for life!) If you like nature, it's perfect place for traveling in wilderness. Young, but not only, Finnish people are really nice (not everybody of course) and sociable, on contrary to the myth about that concerns rather older generation.
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Academic
My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Teachers who cannot speak english well shouldn't teach foreign students; some teachers shouldn't teach at university at all cause of lack of knowledge and competence (unfortunatelly experienced one example at web-animation course)
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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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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Finnish people can speak english quite fluently and it's very common; at university mostly good with some exceptions
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Standard of life is higher and better earnings and governmental support in Finland
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Nightlife, Housing, Travel, Food, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
very expensive buses; very good tomato sauce in red can "euro shopper", 300g for 0,29€; quite cheap pizza
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