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Turku School of Economics and Business Administration (TSE)

Turun Kauppakorkeakoulu, Rehtorinpellonkatu 3, 20500 Turku, Finland
4.26 / 5 based on 234 reviews.
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The Turku School of Economics and Business Administration is situated in the city of Turku in the south-west of Finland, about 160 km from Helsinki. Turku is the oldest city in Finland, with about 160 000 inhabitants and it is one of the bilingual cities in Finland, with a Swedish-speaking minority of 5%. In addition to the Turku School of Economics and Business Administration there are two other Universities (University of Turku and the Swedish speaking Åbo Akademi University), Colleges of commerce, nursing, navigation, engineering, arts and crafts and a number of general vocational schools, which make Turku the centre of education in the region. The Turku School of Economics and Business Administration provides research and higher education in the field of business science. The School carries out both basic and applied research, and offers graduate, postgraduate and continuing education. Expert services form an increasing part of the School's activities.
The School was founded in 1950, on the initiative of local business circles. It started as a private institution, which was maintained by the Foundation of the Turku School of Economics. In 1977 the Turku School of Economics became a state institution and the role of Foundation changed from a maintainer to a supporter.


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by sonjatra, Karl Franzens Universität Graz, Graz, Austria
Management Science, Erasmus
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A quite small university, the relation to the teachers are really cooperative, you get the chance to improve your English. Very good computer and internet facilities, organized travels, organized parties. The office of international affairs is very helpful. There are plenty of interesting courses in English!



FINAL COMMENTS

Travel tips: Join the trip to Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburgh) It's really worth to see! Visit Savonlinna with the castle of Olavinlinna and the ridges of punkaharju (Rent a car and drive around a little bit, there are a lot of places worth to see!) Rovaniemi on the arctic circle (a small ity with a Santa Clause Parc and Post office, a really interesting museum and rendeer farms and husky riding with a sledge!) Take the ferry to stockholm and visit this beautiful swedish capital! (I was there 3 times)! Also the ferry is worth to see! (Viking Line - 11 floors with various restaurants and bars, take the buffet when you book the journey!) Tallinn, the estonian capital is only 2:30 hours with the ferry from Helsinki and has a really nice old town (and cheap alcohol in comparison to Finland) Helsinki is only about 2 hours from Turku and a quite nice town. (It's enough if you go there for one night!) You can see all sights on one day! Take an international student card with you, which is valid for the whole study year otherwise you don't get a student reduction on the local buses in Turku. Ask everything, if you are not really sure, because finnish can be a very confusing language and the people are quite helpful. I'm sure, you'll enjoy your stay there!
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by Francesco, LIUC Università Cattaneo Castellanza, Castellanza, Italy
Business Studies, Erasmus
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Just I wished I had known better how to save money especially in the first months.
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Everybody loved it, you will too!



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Good level of studies, possibility of choosing several courses in English languages. Quite different way of studying than in my homecountry.



FINAL COMMENTS

I liked it very much. Good social life and possibility to get acquainted with people and to learn English; lot of exchange students and beautiful places to visit. Lot of fun.
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by Alberto, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Business Studies, Erasmus
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I think everything was ok before coming, maybe i wish to have a better english before coming to be able to make good contacts at the beggining with the other students.
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Most people loved it.



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Personal recommendation:
It's a good university for the exchange students because we have a lot of facilities here, everybody know english language, and the atmosphere on the campus is very good.



FINAL COMMENTS

You should travel a lot, and try to make good relations with the other students.
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by Míriam, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Business Studies, Erasmus
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People had a much better knowledge of english language than me, so it was a nasty surprise for me. I thought everyone had the same situation more or less, but it was not like this.
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Everybody loved it, you will too!



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Personal recommendation:
I would recommend more english courses to exchange students, because they are very demanded and sometimes it is difficult to find them



FINAL COMMENTS

This has been a great experience for me, not only because i have improved my english, but also because i learnt a lot about people and this culture. I learnt also from the bad things and for example i know now how important is the weather in the daily life, because this has been one of the harder things here for me to fight with.
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by Katrin, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Business Studies, Erasmus
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I was quite well informed. Only concerning the weather: In August it can be still quite warm, so take short trousers with you - and a rain coat for the autumn..
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Everybody loved it, you will too!



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Personal recommendation:
The courses are really interesting and I would recommend to attend a Finnish course there. The teachers are friendly and helpful and answer your mails right away. The equipement (computers, internet, library) is also excellent! This university is perfect for an exchange semester!



FINAL COMMENTS

Turku is a very nice little town and perfect for studying. The university is great and living in the student village means a lot of fun. I recommend to travel as much as possible both to the neighbour countries and to other towns in Finland. Finally: Everybody who goes to Finland should try sauna and afterwards jumping into the snow!
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by Thomash, ESC La Rochelle, La Rochelle, France
Marketing and Sales Management, Erasmus
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nothing special
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Everybody loved it, you will too!



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Personal recommendation:
this is the closest from the Student Village! JK, they just have a new building very nice.



FINAL COMMENTS

kind of country you are not going on vacation, so let's make a couple of months "break" in your life to give it a chance! Especially when you are student..
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by Morten, NHH, Bergen, Norway
Business Studies, University Agreement
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Everybody loved it, you will too!



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Personal recommendation:
Excellent. You will meet a very different kind of internationals than if you went to equivalent universities other places in Europe.



FINAL COMMENTS

Try to get accomadated in the student village in a single room near the Three Beers. Cheapest acc. and best environment.
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by Petra, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Business Studies, Erasmus
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That the Finns are really, really shy.
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Most people loved it.



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Personal recommendation:
I can just recommend the host university. They really took care of the exchange students and during the first week we got all the necessary information.



FINAL COMMENTS

Travel a lot. Ferries to Stockholm and Tallinn are really cheap. Also go to St.Petersburg. There is a travel agency just for students which offers reasonable trips there, and they even arrange the visa things. Enjoy the first of May (Vappu), the national student's day.
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by tinting, Université de Montpellier II, Montpellier, France
Business Studies, Erasmus
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just taht the weather is very cold!
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Most people loved it.



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Personal recommendation:
if you like beautiful nature colors and environment: be sure you will be happy



FINAL COMMENTS

lapland is incredible and Stockholm the most beautifull city of the world (sorry for Paris)
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by Fiona, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
Accountancy, University Agreement
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No I think out unicersity prepared us really well.
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Everybody loved it, you will too!



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Personal recommendation:
Highly recommend Turku.



FINAL COMMENTS

I think Finland is a great place to study. The mix of cultures among the international students was amazing.
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by Servé, Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Management Information Systems, Erasmus
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The good public transport connections throughout the whole country
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Most people loved it.



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Personal recommendation:
I can recommend going there, at least for me it was a very good experience. Not only academically but as well social...



FINAL COMMENTS

You can study at the other universities as well, as long as you follow 50% of the courses at your host university so this increases the choice of courses a lot.
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by ClaudiaCastiglioni, LIUC Università Cattaneo Castellanza, Castellanza, Italy
Business Studies, Erasmus
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nothing
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Everybody loved it, you will too!



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Personal recommendation:
very well organized in particulare for foreign students. The university takes care of the Erasmus and it follows them in everything



FINAL COMMENTS

it's a great experience. you got the opportunity to know people, have a great time, improve English, spend lot of time with people from other culture...travel a lot. I visited Russia, Sweden, Lapland, Estonia and you have the opportunity also to go to Scandinavia and Copenaghen. In few words: an amazing experience!
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by Boudaoud, IAE Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Marketing and Sales Management, Erasmus
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Everybody loved it, you will too!



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Personal recommendation:
Peple has to go there and experience a real international student life with lots of discoveries, exchanges, academic goals and fun.



FINAL COMMENTS

People has to be carefull about the extra monney they to bring with them. To be sure of the academic and housing bookings, to know what kind of studies the university has to propose.
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by MagdaBidacha, Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland
International Relations, Erasmus
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I wish had known language of the coutry of my host university
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Everybody loved it, you will too!



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Personal recommendation:
Just go there!!! I decided to stay for next semester so it is the best recommendation



FINAL COMMENTS

Take a lot of money with you!!!
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by Camilla, LIUC Università Cattaneo Castellanza, Castellanza, Italy
Business Studies, Erasmus
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Finnish boys are not very good looking :-(
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Everybody loved it, you will too!



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Personal recommendation:
This UNi is very well organised, and it has many facilities. The tutors help you a lot.



FINAL COMMENTS

You can travel to practically everywhere now that that they have Ryanair connections from Tampere. It was fun travelling and partying every night,and it really changed my way of seeing things!
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by Ilaria, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
Economics, Erasmus
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No. As I have already written, everything there was well organized.
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Everybody loved it, you will too!



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Personal recommendation:
Just go and enjoy how nice life is.



FINAL COMMENTS

I am very happy of the choice I did. I have always been interested in Scandinavian countries and this was definitely a good experience to get to know it better.
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by Marcin, Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland
Business Studies, Erasmus
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Buy bike from the very moment I came to Turku - it helps a lot.
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!



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Personal recommendation:
The school is very good provided you don't take courses with lots of work that don't have equivalent at your home university. It's just not worth.



FINAL COMMENTS

Live in Student Village. Buy yourself a bike (I still have mine to sell). Learn basics of Finnish. Take International Mangement course. Play business games (on some courses). Have fun :)!
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by cecena, ITESM - Campus Sinaloa, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Business Studies, University Agreement
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That it was not going to snow during my stay in Finland.
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!



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Personal recommendation:
Not to tolerate to much drinking in the students. But I think it is part of the culture.



FINAL COMMENTS

It was an awesome experience, maybe the best of my life. I learned many academic issues. But the more important thing I learned was to be more independent.
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by Tobias, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Banking, Erasmus
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It would have been better to check out all possibilities for living before.
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Most people loved it.



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Personal recommendation:
Go there and enjoy the atmosphere, you will fell welcomed.



FINAL COMMENTS

It is a nice city with a lot of people who will appreciate your stay. If you are there use the chance to go to other places like Russia, Stockholm and Tallin. When will you have the chance to go there again. Don't take the studies to serious, you will miss all the fun.
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by Marco, LIUC Università Cattaneo Castellanza, Castellanza, Italy
Management Science, Erasmus
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I wish i knew more about local habits, people's interests and few tricks more about housekeeping :-)
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Everybody loved it, you will too!



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Personal recommendation:
University doesn't need recommendations. It's already well known and appreciated in the country. In fact it's modern, innovative, open-minded, and offers plenty of possibilities (courses, activities)



FINAL COMMENTS

Bycicle is a must. Bring your passport, the close Russia should be visited.
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