Reviews of Fudan University | China

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Belinda V

Norwegian School of Management BI, Oslo, Norway
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

We often go go Nanjingxi street, a lof of cafe, bar, resturants. To have lunch, the favourit must be Element Fresh. If you want to see all of Shanghai, you can go to the 87 floor of Jin Mao, great resturant there as well. We usually to to western resturants, but there are a few good chinese as well.

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Belinda V

Norwegian School of Management BI, Oslo, Norway
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Independently - My choice

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

If I come back to Shanghai I want to work, that is why I want to have an apartment closer to downtown Shanghai.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

I choose to not live at dorm, bacause I found better, bigger and cheeper apartments just outside campus

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Belinda V

Norwegian School of Management BI, Oslo, Norway
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Government assistance

Other sources of funding:

Personal savings

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

I wanted to travel in all og my holidays here in China, have seen a lot. And there are so many things to see and buy here.

Overall, Travel:

was more expensive than at home.

Nightlife:

was the same price as at home.

Housing, Telephone, Food:

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

maby you should not buy as much shoes and clothes as I do, then you will be fine!

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Belinda V

Norwegian School of Management BI, Oslo, Norway
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Academic

Course recommendations

We where focusing on China market; marketing, the market, the culture, economy, law, business behaviour. For me as a marketer I just wanted one more course in segmenting the chinese people.

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

Not really, but the theachers should have a briefing about our knowledge before they set up a course for us. Our experience was that we knowed much more than the theahers belived.

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

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Belinda V

Norwegian School of Management BI, Oslo, Norway
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Overall

I wish I had known...

That you can buy everything here that you can do home, only thing I miss is Norwegian breakfast.

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

3

Campus life

2

Party / people

4

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

A great university, 3 best in China. The experience "living in China" alone is incredible. The teachers are helpful, and are interesting. But I do recommend to live outside dorm, but if you are traveling alone than you should stay at the drom.

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

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

When you are in China - TRAVEL! To visit other places than Shanghai is a great experience, shanghai is not China (much more western).

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Belinda V

Norwegian School of Management BI, Oslo, Norway
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, University Agreement

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: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

In class we spoke english, we just had 3 hours each week learning Chinese. A great way to learn chinese, but if you should understand chinese- you should dedicate a whole year to just study chinese.

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