Reviews of Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU) | Denmark

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Dinh V

Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand
Engineering, Computer, Graduate, Self-support

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: At ease in most situations
My level after: At ease in most situations

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

I still need to improvise my communnication skills a lot. Sometimes I give a false impression is that I am a too serious and closed man. Thus, this erects an initial barricade for socialization.

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Dinh V

Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand
Engineering, Computer, Graduate, Self-support

Academic

Course recommendations

The curriculum should be updated according to the new opening courses. So far we have a rather odd rule. Students rarely can earn official credits by taking the new announced courses. It is simply because these courses did not exist on the fixed curriculum at the time they were admitted.

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

See my recommendation regarding the course structure.

My opinion of the university assessment

Exams at end of course

Exams throughout the course

Essays and/or projects at the end of course

Essays and/or projects throughout the course

Overall

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Dinh V

Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand
Engineering, Computer, Graduate, Self-support

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Personal savings

Other sources of funding:

none

Work opportunities:

I worked during my study abroad experience

Personal spending habits

Hmm, I think that in Denmark we have to pay a crazy VAT of 25% and an incoming tax of 30-40% even for parttime job. A high tax rate implies a good social benefit at the retirement time. But, I am sorry this is only good for the local residents. We are internal students and will leave Denmark eventually. Vituarly we pay the budden for nothing.

Food, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:

was more expensive than 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

I am very surprise at the way we buy the travelling time rather that buy the ticket by trips. Once I miscalculated the number of traffic zones and was fined 500 DKK. Tips: Cook yourself. Bring the food and drink with you even to lecture hall so you do not have to go to cafeteria during the resting time. And always buy goods at Netto.

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Dinh V

Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand
Engineering, Computer, Graduate, Self-support

Overall

I wish I had known...

I wish that I can know better how hard to find an accomodation in Denmark.

In my opinion:

I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

4

Costs

3

Activities

4

Campus life

3

Party / people

3

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

DTU should review the credit points system. The highest grade of 13 is not good.

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

3

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

My final comment is that before leaving for Denmark, students should register with the waiting list of dormitory at once.

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Dinh V

Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand
Engineering, Computer, Graduate, Self-support

Housing

Type of housing: On campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

My current accomodation contract with DTU will finish by July 2006. They can not provide housing for more than 1 year for international students. So far I have registered with the waiting list of some other dormitories/student hostels. But the waiting time is 9 moths-1 year. Thus, I assume that I have to experience a temporal time renting/share an apartment after June 2006.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

I have no complaints about the provided facilities. There is only one thing that sometimes annoys me. We share the kitchen and take care of cleaning the disks ourselve. Sometimes people get lazy and forget to do that after parties.

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