Reviews of Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU) | Denmark

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motajoana

Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Engineering, Technology, Graduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

The experience living and exchanging experiences releated with every day life with another students.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

The accomodation was great, I was supposed to live with family but they left to France, i the mean while I was always by myself. I had all the space and privacy I wanted once that they told me that I could use all the house.

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motajoana

Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Engineering, Technology, 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

Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

All my cultural and social life was done around Copenhagen once that Lyngby is a quite "dead" city. Me and my friends, we felt that the tranportantions were so good in Denmark, that easly we were going to Copenhagen to see an exabition duriong the afternoon, or listening a Jazz Concert on the evening, for example. Was just like living down town, in a town full of events. I went to several concerts in "Vega", from Lamb to Air, Goten Project, great groups.Is also a city full of places for the jazz fans, I went several times to "la Fontaine" on sundays for the jam session (and is for free!) For an ecletic environment and a pint of beer, the best place that i'd found is called "The Moose", on thurdays and saturdays the beer is half of the price, the bad new is that most of the times is too crowded. From my experience, I think is a town full of places to find, and for all tastes.

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motajoana

Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Engineering, Technology, Graduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

Is possible to choose courses from several departments. The choice is wide, and even in some of the courses teached in dansk is possible to find a way to follwed for the students that don't speak dansk.

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

More coperation between the international students and the danish students.

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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motajoana

Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Engineering, Technology, 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:

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

In Denmark everybody speaks fluent english, inside and outside accademic life. Danish is a hard language, specialy for those who don't have any basis in german or nordic languages. Anyway, as I told before, everyone speaks english!

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motajoana

Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Engineering, Technology, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

Danes are not "cold people", but is important to have in mind that is harder to get closer to them then to a south european. People should not give up from what they get in the first impression.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

4

Costs

1

Activities

4

Campus life

3

Party / people

3

Weather / location

1

Personal recommendation

Every service works in a very good way. It was only sad that not all the students could experience living inside the campus, which is great.

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

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

regarding the university itself everything works well. The international students have acess to all facilities, there are lots of courses teached in english, etc. Denmark is a great country to live for a foreinger, everyone speaks english, there is a health system that can provide all the health cares for free. Is also a country where people have, generaly, a liberal mentalety and that is good when we are not from there. Geographicly, Denmark is in a good position if people are planing to travel around. Is very easy to travel around the nordic countries (scanrail is a good way to do it); there are ferries to several countries, namely germany, the baltic countries, Poland, Norway, etc. The cheapest way to travel usualy is by bus, is easy to find trips for almost all the countries in Europe and book them online in www.eurolines.dk. Also inside Denmark are great places to see, with great landscapes, is really a beautiful country!

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