Lunds Universitet

The housing was of a good standard, however it was lacking certain facilties such as internet access which came as standard with the other halls of residence available in Lund. In addition the housing I was given was with all other international students which was useful in meeting people and understanding other cultures better. On the other hand more contact with native swedish people would have been beneficial in developing the language for conversational purposes. Overall the housing was spacious and of good quality.

I was disapointed when I first saw the place. Just a room (15m2) with old ugly furniture. But i was the cheapest place and quite central, and the international housing office did not bother that much about how late we partied etc. A good place to start of.

Everything was very well organized. I just needed to apply quite early (April 2005) for an accomodation and the university took care of all the rest. At arrival day I just had to pick up the keys and I was taken to the my appartement by the university mentors. Scandinavian people are very well organized in life in general.

Positive aspects: well arranged; fast internet access via LAN (included in the rent); close contact to people from all over the world (in my case: ten people from four continents); high degree of independence concerning decisions among students (help of housing desk rarely needed) Negative aspects: high rent (as is usual in Sweden anyway); sometimes too much people in too few space: scarce privacy

In Lund there are several dometories, but they are all crowded and it is hard to find a place in this areas or anywhere else. So if you decide to join the Lund University organise your room with the help of the International Housing Office in advanced. They are all nice and are trying to help you to find a room. One advice, make sure before you leave your hometown, that you really got a room. Because at the beginning of the semester the housing situation is quite bad and some of the exchange students had to go back home, because they could not get hold of a room to stay!!!

It was good and it was a nice building even if a bit far from the center of the city. It was Vildanden and it was an area totally for students. It was good. I liked it. Anyway there were better areas closer to the city or in the center, even if more expensive than mine.