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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
The DTU cellar bar was great fun on Tuesday nights. The Studenter Huset in København was great, especially on Wednesdays. The whole of the city was generally fun to go around and there was always a club or pub that we could to if we wanted. The late opening hours of the pubs and clubs took a bit of getting used to, as the next day often involved sleeping!
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Housing
Type of housing: With a family
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Closer to campus
Why?
Where I lived was a bit too far from university.
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Personal comments
I really enjoyed my accommodation, especially as I had a fellow international student as a flatmate. We got on well, and with the landlady. She really looked after us well and nothing seemed to be too much bother for her.
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language
How much did you improve your the local language?
My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Danish is an interesting language to learn, and I wished that I had had the time to take up one of the courses for learning it. However, I did get quite good just by meeting the Danes, reading newspapers and watching TV.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Other
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
More travelling, socialising and a generally more expensive country.
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Nightlife, Overall, Food, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
I was disappointed that supermarkets did not take international VISA cards. It is definitely worthwhile getting a travel card, instead of clipcards, for travelling around the København area.
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Academic
Course recommendations
All the engineering courses that I had taken were pretty good, and interesting. Some of them could have been more fun, but generally there was no problem.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
As we international students had various experiences of how to study, it did take a while to get into the Danish way of studying. More guidance would have been nice, especially as there is so much else in the country that foreigners are seeing - as well as the studying!
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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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Overall
I wish I had known...
I should have learned more Danish before going there, but that wasn't really much of a problem.
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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
This university is great fun, especially for international students. It can be quiet on campus at times, but København is only 30 minutes away - and that is party city!
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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
A lot of the other international students didn't make much effort to meet Danish people. I did, through a club I was in, and it really was nice to meet them. The Danes can be hard to get to meet, but once the ice is broken they are wonderful people.
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