75 reviews
4.17 / 5 based on 75 reviews
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Bram F
Overall
I wish I had known...
Not really, everything was very easy for me.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
The quality of education is very high, and so are the facilities. Sometimes it is a bit difficult to meet Finnish students, but there are plenty of international students around to help/have fun with.
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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
Go with all the activities of the student organisation, and oh, buy fresh salmon at the local market - delicious!
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NOBLET u
Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Food is really expensive, we have little store like Kmarket to do our shopping food, in France we have big supermarket so it s less expensive. I take also a sonera phone card to call my friends in Finland and I have also my french line, so it was normal that it has been more expensive. For travels, I think thanks to the student exchange association, I could travel a lot, discover plenty of things in really cheap way !!!
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Food, Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife, Housing, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Travel:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Not really because I have spoken with other french exchange student who came the year before me, so I knew before go in Finland the standart of living.
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Laurie B
Overall
I wish I had known...
Snow arrives on January.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Enroll to a maximum of courses.
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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
Finland is a good location to visit a lot of countries (Estonia, Russia, Sweden...). Mentality is different. Don't be modest.
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NOBLET u
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Travel, Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Generally we begun night on buildings in juna or in opas, after we were going in Helsinki center : in Molly Mallone's, Fever, The Club. The first party for the integration was the Fresher party, it was really fun ! Also in Helia Polytechnic School, we had had a really good association for foreigners, so with really cheap proce, we have gone to stockholm in cruise, or in Talinn, in Lapland to see the Santa Claus, in Saint Petersburg, it was really really genius to discover all of these region. I remerbered also the last nights with all exchange students : the farewell party, really !
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Jonathan H
Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Prepare to work quite a lot but also prepare to have fun and to travel all around norhtern Europe!
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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
Go to Sweden, Russia and Lapland!! and enjoy!
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NOBLET u
Overall
I wish I had known...
It was a really good experience, I didn't know before how we live in Nordic countries, and I have really appreciate the warmth, the culture (sauna of course), the rigor, and that's why I really want to come back here !!!
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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
Follow the way to have a lot of exchange students, because I know that people want to come back again !
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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
I want to work in international level, all people think always in USA, UK, ok it's really great country too. But I think that in Europe we have also the chance to have competitive countries, and it s also really interesting !
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