Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

I found that while many young people spoke English, the older generation spoke mostly Danish. However, they were usually quite helpful in making themselves understood. I did not have much interaction with the Danish though.

Denmark is still in Kroners, so don't think Euros will be fine there. Also, coming from America, I was used to being able to use credit cards. However, that is very rarely used in Denmark and most places only accepted Debit cards, so make sure you have another type of funding if you only use credit cards.

The best part for me were the international students I met and the classes I took. I mainly went to Denmark because I could use English there, but if you want to learn another language and have more fun, choose a warmer European country!! :)

Also, for the cost of the housing, we were not getting what was adequate. For many days, the internet would not work properly or the heating was gone so we had to go to other buildings to take showers! The only benefits of living on campus were that it allowed us to meet more people and that it was close to our classes. Many international students are placed in "Campus Village", which are these hopelessly constructed boxes on campus for us to live. The Danish kollegiums were much nicer, but only 10 or so international students obtained housing there. Many other students had to find their own housing and received little or no help from DTU.

DTU had a few parties throughout the semester that were held on campus. These were helpful in allowing us to meet others. However, afterwards, most of my travel and nightlife was done with my own friends, and we had to figure out how to do that ourselves. Copenhagen is not far away from DTU and it is great for nightlife. Travel from Denmark is quite costly, but I was able to go around Sweden, Germany, Czech Republic and Austria in my time there. Best advice: do as much as you can during the summer months, because once winter hits, the weather is too bad to do much.