Reviews of Karlstads Universitet (KAU) | Sweden

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José M

Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain
Engineering, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

Snow and Norther lights

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

3

Culture

4

Costs

2

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

4

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

Nothing special, everything was well organized

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

2

Final comments

Beware the cold, especially if you are in southern Europe like me. Otherwise it was all a perfect experience.

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zunicki

Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Communication and Information Sciences, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

maybe the way swedish people go out (queus, pre-parties etc.)

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

3

Culture

4

Costs

1

Activities

2

Campus life

4

Party / people

4

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

go there and you will love it! i have never experienced such nice, helpful and friendly unversity staff as in karlstad! organisational skills of international office are brilliant. fantastic eqipment and study environment at university. great student life. it's the perfect place.

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

3

Final comments

stockholm, gothenburg, coast between gothnberg and oslo, norway (the fjords!!!), öland, kiruna in winter or in summer to see the midnight sun. participate in one of those crazy finland cruises - it's absolutely incredible what is happening on those boats.

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anonymous

Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio, Madrid, Spain
Materials Science, Graduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: A room exchange

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: A room exchange

Why?

It was the nicest place to live...many international student and swedish people. Thats the prefect place to learn different cultures. The room was clean, big and cheap....af of course in the city center.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

I think.. it´s important to choose a place with many different people, i mean..from different countries. Then, you can learn a lot about other places and adapt many of your customs to new ones after know how the people live in other countries. The accommodation is, sometimes, even more important than the university. And of course, one of the reasons of living an erasmus experience is to have a big and nice cultural shock.

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morgan s

IFI Rouen, Rouen, France
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

A more detailed explanation of the Swedish type of personality.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

3

Culture

4

Costs

2

Activities

4

Campus life

3

Party / people

4

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

To go there for the location of the city which facilitate travels.

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

This year has been for me really interesting and helpful for the understanding of international business life. The mix of culture is wonderful and improve your general knowledge. Sweden is a country where it is not too expensive to travel which is a great opportunity to discover many countries like Finland, Norway, Estonia... Students has access to many discounts(food,travel,library...)

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Ana Q

Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio, Madrid, Spain
Physics, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

Not really. Everything was quite well explained in the magazine we got from my host university.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

3

Culture

3

Costs

2

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

3

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

It's a really nice university. The contact with teachers is easy and very friendly. The quality of the courses is really good. You are given a lot of facilities for your studies by the university.

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'm really happy of having had this experience. The country is really nice and very different from mine. Karlstad is a very good place for studying because even it isn't a big city, it offers you a lot of activities.

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