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Helsinki Polytechnic (HKIAMK)

75 reviews
4.17 / 5 based on 75 reviews
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NOBLET u
Université de Paris - Val de Marne (Paris XII), Paris, France
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Nightlife, Activities, Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Activities
Nightlife
Travel
Overall
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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NOBLET u
Université de Paris - Val de Marne (Paris XII), Paris, France
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Housing
Type of housing: A room exchange
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: A room exchange
Why?
Because to improve a language it's not only on the office but along the day, share a flat with an other exchange student is really wealthy !
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Personal assessment
Cost
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Personal comments
There was 3 buildings reserved for finnish and foreign students, we were next to the school near the capital center only one station on train. It was not really expensive and comfortable. So it was really good conditions for leaving in Helsinki (exactly I lived in Passila - opastinsilta street)
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NOBLET u
Université de Paris - Val de Marne (Paris XII), Paris, France
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, 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: Basic phrases
My level after: At ease in most situations
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
The finnish language is particulary difficult, but when I came back to helsinki I really wanted to begin, moreover it was the way to be with all exchange student. Our teacher wanted that we can speak for useful words, and especially to learn the finnish culture.
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NOBLET u
Université de Paris - Val de Marne (Paris XII), Paris, France
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Academic
Course recommendations
It was really really different to french courses, I learned a lot we were always mixed with finnish,swedish, and foreigners. Tearchers love to know the point of vieew of all people in their classroom, the aim everybody has to speak ! We had also a blackboard on line to do our homework or to recover our courses, we don't have this in France and I have appreciated this a lot !
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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
Exchange students are really integrated on the courses in Helia, In my remerbers, we were more than 150 exchanges students !!!
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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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NOBLET u
Université de Paris - Val de Marne (Paris XII), Paris, France
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus
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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Telephone, Food:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall, Housing, Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Travel:
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
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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NOBLET u
Université de Paris - Val de Marne (Paris XII), Paris, France
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus
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
Academic reasons
4
Culture
4
Costs
2
Activities
2
Campus life
3
Party / people
4
Weather / location
4
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
4
Traveled
4
Improved language skills
4
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
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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