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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Events not to be missed: Aarhus Festival (end of August), Aarhus cultural night (end of October) and Santa Claus' Parade on the main street of shopping (Gaagade) (beginning of December)
Places not to be missed: Den Gamle By (The Old Town) at Christmas, The Deer Park and The Moesgaard forest and beach
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Housing
Type of housing: A room exchange
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: With a family
Why?
because I would discover more culture and traditions of the country. For instance, during the Christmas holiday, I was alone in my dormitory because other students came home to celebrate Christmas with their family. If I was housing with a family, I would have the atmosphere of Christmas and its traditions.
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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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
If you don't have the opportunity to go to England or to the USA to learn English, Denmark is another option to learn English because the Danes speak it very well. I remembered a student coming from Canada said that she has chosen Denmark because it's where people speak well English in Europe, apart UK. The Danes speak it fluently and without any Danish accent and television programmes are always in an original version(mostly in English) and subtitled.
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Academic
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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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
because the life standard is higher in Denmark than in Belgium, so prices are higher, except for the telephone bill.
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Food, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
No significant financial surprises.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
I didn't know anything about Denmark and its people before going there. But I did'nt try to get information about it and just discovered the country and took the surprises as they came.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
this university has a special programme for the exchange students. Those ones would have a Danish course during 3 weeks coupled with other cultural activities. The university also has an organisation (IES) where international students meet each other and have fun.
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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
Denmark has a good health insurance system, so you don't have to bother about it and you will be considered as a Dane, i.e you will benefit all health insurance and the doctors' consultations are free.
The libraries system is also good, you can order a book in any Danish library and you can get this book just 2-3 days after in the closest library.
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