Reviews of Copenhagen Business School (CBS) | Denmark

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Willem S

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Rust,Park

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Willem S

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: shared living

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

By living with other people, you really get to know them

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

Housing was fine, only deposit had to be paid without ever reimbursing the inhabitants afterwards

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Willem S

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning English a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my English

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

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)

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Since the amount of time given was only half a year, there was no need to learn Danish, if it would have been more I would definitely have learned the local language

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Willem S

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Personal savings

Other sources of funding:

Government assistance

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

Denmark is an expensive country

Food, Housing, Overall, Nightlife:

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 text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

Borrow books at you're own library at home, take them with you. They will be overtime sure, but the fine is far less than buying books in Denmark. Don't go out, saves great money (not recommendable though

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Willem S

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

no

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

4

Culture

3

Costs

2

Activities

2

Campus life

2

Party / people

4

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

APIM

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

2

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

3

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

Try to break free from organized activities, although sometimes its fun, you wont see Denmark this way, and prevents you from meeting Danish people. Really work on spending time with locals, makes you see a different Denmark

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Willem S

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

Haven't seen it on the program anymore but an excellent course was APIM, advanced program in international management, where three course were combined in one (finance, marketing and strategy) one of the only courses ever where different fields related and interacted. A point which is missed in most courses (all!)

My academic experiences

Quality of courses

Variety of courses

Access to resources

Interaction with teachers

Interaction with international students

Interaction with local students

Personal comments

none

My opinion of the university assessment