Reviews of Luleå Tekniska Universitet | Sweden

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Eugenio F

Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Engineering, Mechanical, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Student life dominates the city

Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

The university provides you all the informations you need. Anyway , Karenhouse is the disco inside the university , with special prices for students. Downtown there are some nice pubs and discos. The university organizes lots of extremely interesting travels .

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Eugenio F

Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Engineering, Mechanical, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

I had lots of friends as neighbours , and I found that apartments pretty nice.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

Everyboby has been very kind with me , and with all the other exchange students .The university had an efficient organization , in particular with us.

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Eugenio F

Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Engineering, Mechanical, 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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

How much did you improve your Swedish?

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

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

I used English everywhere, because all the swedishes have a good knowledge . That's the reason wy I didn't learn swedish , but improvede a lot my English

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Eugenio F

Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Engineering, Mechanical, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Personal savings

Other sources of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

I spent a lot phoining back home , even thoogh I used a lot my free internet connection.

Telephone:

was more expensive than at home.

Overall, Nightlife, Housing, Food, Travel:

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

Lots of second hand opportunities

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Eugenio F

Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Engineering, Mechanical, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

There are some courses in English .You'll find the whole catalogue in the web.

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

None

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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Eugenio F

Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Engineering, Mechanical, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

No

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

3

Costs

2

Activities

2

Campus life

3

Party / people

3

Weather / location

1

Personal recommendation

before the departure , be sure you can follow the courses you want to , expecially if they are in English.

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

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

3

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

It wasn't expensive travelling from Italy to Sweden , maybe because of the students' card . The experience has been something unbelievable: so , just try it !

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