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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
The only category in which I spent less were my phone calls - because I had no phone and I could communicate with everybody via email. The rest of it was expensive for me in general as I come from a post-communist country where the cost of living is not so high. As for accommodation it was about 10 times more although I had the cheapest one in town, drinks and parties aren't cheap either for the Finns themselves and I was definitely travelling more than at home because in 5 months I wanted to see everything around and went to neigbouring states as well.
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Food, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
It is definitely more advantageous to have a local bank account rather than the one at home because your home bank will charge you a fortune for the services.
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
In Finland almost everybody speaks at least some English so I had no greater difficulties at this. After a while I became familiar with inscriptions and packages of the products and I could communicate through Internet with the majority because the use of it is wide-spread and services are offered in a big quantity here.
Just one thing that is a Finnish feature - they don't seem to be very talkative and never start converstation first!
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Overall
I wish I had known...
I took only thick woolen sweaters for the winter season and no T-shirts but I should have because in schools and computer labs it was hot! I could have taken a sleeping bag for travelling as well so that I didn't have to buy one here.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
There is a great choice of post-study activities so you don't have to be bored anytime. The choice of the courses is optional so you don't have to study what you do not want. But definitely you would need a proper typing skills with all 10 fingers because for all exams you must write an essay.
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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
Never hesitate when you have an opportunity to study abroad. It will enrich your horizons and enable to see things from a different point of view. Don't regret bigger investments because they will return in much bigger amount!
As a matter of fact, the experiences, knowledge and friendships you will get are priceless.
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Academic
Course recommendations
Try to find out in advance from older students what a course is about because many of them have overlapping schedules and you don't want to miss the most suitable one, do you? :-)
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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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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
We had a cafe intended mainly for events of international students but also many other people were present. Its name is Cafe Europa and you can be sure to find all nationalities and a good mood all the time!
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
I would choose campus again because I was always around other students and my friends and we formed a pleasant community. This is how we could communicate better and get to know each other closer.
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Personal comments
Although I had the cheapest accommodation available, it was suitable in all aspects. I was a bit cold during the winter (you know Finland) but it was due to a bad insulation. Apparently I was just unlucky because the others didn't complain. Other than that everything was perfect. If I needed help, I could just go downstairs to my classmates or we could have students' sessions in the evenings because we were living next to each other. So the close distance to people was the biggest advantage no matter the time of commuting to school (20 minutes by bus)
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