Reviews of Oulun Seudun Ammattikorkeakoulu | Finland

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Anton S

Hanzehogeschool, Hogeschool van Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Management Science, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

I would arange it myself, because it was arranged pretty bad.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

When we arrived at the accomodation it was a big mess, we had to clean for hours, there were almost no chairs, beds and cooking stuff.

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Anton S

Hanzehogeschool, Hogeschool van Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Management Science, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Student life dominates the city

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

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

You can't compare to the Netherlands, there aren't that much clubs were you can enjoy music. DJ's were bad and the music was old. Sorry...

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Anton S

Hanzehogeschool, Hogeschool van Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Management Science, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

Be sure it is arranged well and you will fit in the group. In our case, we came in the middle of several courses, eg. Finnish, this was already going for 8 weeks, so no course for us.

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

Arrange it yourself, don't let your teachers at your home institute arrange it. They don't know the situation...

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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Anton S

Hanzehogeschool, Hogeschool van Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Management Science, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

nope

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

2

Costs

2

Activities

2

Campus life

3

Party / people

4

Weather / location

1

Personal recommendation

Well, first try to find another. Or arrange it well yourself.

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

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

3

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

3

Experienced a change in life

3

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

Be prepared. Ask former international students about their experiences. Save money before going to a foreign country. Have fun!!!

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Anton S

Hanzehogeschool, Hogeschool van Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Management Science, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Personal savings

Other sources of funding:

Family<br> An ERASMUS grant<br> Other

Work opportunities:

It was not legal for me to work

Personal spending habits

It was an expensive time. Because your not at home you will spent more. And overall it was more expansive too.

Travel, Telephone, Food, Nightlife, Overall:

was more expensive than 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

Urn a lot of money before you go to another country. And don't buy a cheap ticket, they will screw you. You will have to pay a lot of money if your lugage is too heavy.

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