Reviews of Linköpings Universitet (LIU) | Sweden

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hanbo

Zilinska Univerzita, Zilina, Slovakia
Management Science, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

How does the system of choosing courses work-I didn`t know e.g. that it is possible to choose courses from different faculties...-it made, that some courses I wanted to take were full

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

3

Campus life

4

Party / people

4

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

be so good like in the time I was here and everything will be ok

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

3

Experienced a change in life

3

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

It was great time I spent here-I will never forget it!

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Miguel S

Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Engineering, Technology, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

In my country i don't spent money in housing and i spent some money in travelling because I enjoyed this opportunity of being in Sweden to get to know some of the Nordic and Baltic countries.

Overall, Travel, Housing:

was more expensive than at home.

Nightlife, Telephone, Food:

was the same price as at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

none

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jan r

Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
Engineering, Mechanical, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

everydays life is quite expensive compared to germany, but travelling is cheap for students

Housing, Food, Overall:

was more expensive than at home.

Travel, Nightlife:

was the same price as at home.

Telephone:

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

very fast and cheap internet connection at the student accomodation, alcohol is really expensive

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rlaorga

Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
Engineering, Electronic, 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 Swedish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Swedish

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 Swedish?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

At the begining it was difficult to communicate with people with differents accents. But, bit a bit, I learned to speak more fluently and to understand conversations without difficulties.

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heipa642

Vaasan Yliopisto, Vaasa, Finland
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Student life dominates the city

Activities, Travel, Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Herrgårn in Ryd is like my own living room..you can't miss that. Nationernas Hus guite nice.. And when you get bored to all students around you can go to some club on the downtown..

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pooh13

University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
Engineering, Computer, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

more about where i was living and sorting out financial information(banks) before I left.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

2

Culture

4

Costs

3

Activities

1

Campus life

3

Party / people

3

Weather / location

1

Personal recommendation

great, facilities are excellent and the staff are very helpful

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

3

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

there should be more information about the things you have to do when you arrive, in case you can't meet your peer student and all the different registrations that you have to make for academic studies

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