86 reviews
3.90 / 5 based on 86 reviews
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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
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Housing
Type of housing: student dormitory (not on campus)
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: student dormitory (not on campus)
Why?
Personal comments
The rooms provided by Kalmar University are all very nice, clean and offer all needed facilities. Furthermore you live together with Swedish students, which enable you to develop more social contacts. Most of them are close to the city center, which is very comfortable.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Housing: student dormitory was quite expensive
Nightlife: entrance fees, expensive prices for alcoholic beverages
Travel: I wanted to see the country.
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Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Academic
My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
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Overall
I wish I had known...
As I really tried to prepare myself before leaving, nothing really unexpected happened to me.
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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
Sometimes there were some slightly problems concerning the administrative aspects. This point could be improved.
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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
Kalmar University tries hard to make exchange students feel comfortable right from the beginning. Every student has his own mentor who e.g. picks you up from the station. Furthermore the ESN-board organized orientation days and also some parties and traveling. It was fun, and I really liked the way it was handled.
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
As the language of instructions was English and also the courses I chose were held in English it wasn't a problem. Almost all Swedish people know English very well, and as I also participated in a Swedish course, I started to expand my knowledge also in daily communication e.g. try to order in Swedish, easy conversation with Swedish students etc….
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