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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Locations: Lan Kwai Fong, Wan Chai, TST
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
Beacause it was a good experience to stay in a dormitory and it was close to university facilities.
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Personal comments
I've stayed in a double room in the domitories. All in all it the dorms are more than just fair.
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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: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
The two official languages in Hong Kong are Cantonese and English. I didn't learn or spoke Cantonese. Most courses were in English, everthing (incl. streetsigns, MTR announcements, official formulars, and so on) are always in both languages! Most people in HK speak or at least understand English. All of the academic staff is very profound in the use of the language. The young people in general, especially the students, speak English very well. Therefore I did not experience any language difficulties.
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Academic
Course recommendations
Courses offered by Prof. Stephan Nason!!
When I was there there were Negotiations and Judgement & Decision Making offered.
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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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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Other
Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
Other
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
I travelled more than home and I went out more than at home.
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Nightlife, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Food, Telephone, Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Going out can be expensive if you do it very often!
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Overall
I wish I had known...
I wouldn't have brought that many things form home as the most things in HK are cheaper compared to Austria!
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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
The best Campus ever! It is really like paradise! Choose it!!!!
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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
You can travell very easily to almost everywhere in East and South East Asia. The following destinantions sum up the destinations where at least one group of HKUST exchange students has been during the semester:
all around China, Macau, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, East Timor, Korea, Taiwan, Tibet, Myanmar, Pakistan, Brunei, Dubai, Phillipines and some travelled to Australia after the exchange semester.
I can definitely recommend Cambodia!!!
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