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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities, Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Any bar having an 'international night' drew large crowds and was always a good time (s-huset near Norreport, etc.)
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: A room exchange
Why?
To be able to meet and be around the students that the person I would exchange my room lives with.
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Personal comments
Most of the international students live in the campus villiage, which is adequate- especially given the housing situation in Lyngby. My housing was exceptional.
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Academic
Course recommendations
Make sure the student realizes that the courses may be structured much differently than they may be in their home university, and how it may affect their choices.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Having professors test you on the information they provided and not on topics that hold less relevance to the course. Also, the lack of professors in a certain course to take full responsibility for that course made it very unfulfilling.
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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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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Being able to take a course in the local language helped a great deal and make my experience very enjoyable- it helped a lot!
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Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
DTU has a lot to offer to an international student, with Copenhagen and Denmark itself being a beautiful place.
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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
The Danish are a naturally introverted people- this does not mean they aren't nice, but compared to the average exchange student, they take a long time to really open up to you. Oh, it's going to kill you to not cross the street when no one is coming... (you'll see, just one of many things about the Danish culture...)
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Other
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
The prices in Denmark are just higher for these things.
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Food, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Housing, Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
I had heard that the cost of living was high, but I didn't know that it would be about three times as much as at my University. Learning to cook is a necessity with this culture, and it also saves you money- the food at stores is almost all the same, so go to the cheaper ones, i.e. Netto, Aldi
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