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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
Good facilities to reach downtown and university.
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Personal comments
Quite good, rooms and houses in Yo-Kylä need to be renovated, some of them are already renovated. Kitchen was not the best experience. To live in Halliskylä or Ritzinkuja is more comfortable (shared flats by three persons).
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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
Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Several smaller cafés in Turku like Café Delice in Hämeenkatu.
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Academic
Course recommendations
Pay attention to the programme you´ve chosen. You have the possibility to get a "Diploma", but in several programmes you´ve a lot to do for it.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Modes of assessment for the several programmes have to be more emphasized.
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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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Overall
I wish I had known...
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
Try it! The experience about Finland is a little bit more uncommon than in other countries (at least in my opinion).
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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
Travel as much as you can, but don´t go only to Rovaniemi if you want to visit Lapland. Go further north! Ask your tutor or the tutor of another exchange student if your one is not willing to help you, but most of them can give you very good advices.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Alcohol (Drinks) and food in general is more expensive than in Germany. It is not easy to get a normal phone-connection to your room. A deposit has to be paid for this. => It is better to use a mobile phone in Finland.
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Food, Telephone, Nightlife, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Travel:
was the same price as at home.
Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Go to the market place to buy vegetables. Don´t spend too much money in alcohol. Pay attention to your insurance, the health-care-center gives you only basic help.
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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
Almost every Finn speaks english, so there is no real need to learn finnish => it is quite hard to speak the finnish language because everybody starts to speak english when he/she recognises that you´re a foreign person.
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