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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
I really liked the bars at the uni, Nexus on thursday at Solbjerg Plads and on friday La Cable at Dalgas Havn. In the city I loved LA Bar, it's crappy but cheap and you can find all the exchange students there at wednesday. I also liked Club Sevilla on thursdays (free entrance for girls). Park was also very nice, but expensive. And if you like Cocktails then Barcelona in Norreport is really nice.
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
It is so much fun to live together with other exchange students. But it is a shame that you don't get to know Danes and their culture/language as much.
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Personal comments
Housing is very well organised.
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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
I took an English course but that didn't help me much, the level was not really high (even though they called it an advanced course). I also tried to learn Danish by taking the Crash Course in the Intro week and later on a Danish Course troughout the semester. It's fun and you get to know a lot of people. And it's really nice when you can actually use Danish in everyday life (even though I didn't do that as much as I wanted to).
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Copenhagen is expensive. I spent more on food because of that. I spent more on nightlife simply because I went out more than at home. Also housing was very expensives compared to home.
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Food, Housing, Nightlife, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Travel:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Overall
I wish I had known...
Bring enough money! And bring your nicest clothes because Danes tend to really dress up when going out :)
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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
The International Office is very well organised, and iff any problems will arise they will help you in any way they can. CBS itself was less organised (register for courses, exam dates etc), but in the end it all worked out.
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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
Copenhagen is beautiful! One advice is just to bring a lot of money so that you can do all the things you would like to... Buy a bike instead of a public transportation card- it saves you money and you will see many nice places/buildings while biking. Buy a Tivoli card (small kind of theme park in the middle of the centre), the friday night concerts are cool and you can see a lot of Danish bands. Buy Danish clothes, they are so pretty. I decided not to buy that much because it was expensive but regretted it afterwards. Last advice: ENJOY!
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Academic
Course recommendations
The courses are not very organised. A lot of class discussions, sometimes I just had enough. My Danish class was fun though...
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Don't worry too much. I think you really have to try hard not to fail, because teachers are very nice for exchange students ;) But try to keep up woith the readings, helps a lot at the end.
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Exams throughout the course
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Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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