14 reviews
4.61 / 5 based on 14 reviews

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“A decent school and good facilities”
Nikolai S
Finland, Undergraduate
Business Studies, 2020
Overall
A good selection of courses. Extensive selection of facilities for events and hobbies. Active student life.
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Pros
Good facilities
Cons
Small town

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“A decent school and good facilities”
Nikolai S
Finland, Undergraduate
Business Studies, 2020
Overall
A good selection of courses. Extensive selection of facilities for events and hobbies. Active student life.
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Pros
Good facilities
Cons
Small town

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Miikkatja
University of Applied Sciences, Schmalkalden, Schmalkalden, Germany
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
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: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
The communication was in english so it was easy to talk to people. I was impressed about the excellent English language skills of Finish people.
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“Awesome school”
aggrey s
Finland, Undergraduate
Engineering, 2013
Overall
The interaction between students and professor is very good and the education program is practical based.
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Pros
Good environment to study

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Miikkatja
University of Applied Sciences, Schmalkalden, Schmalkalden, Germany
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
In Lappeenranta you can go to cinema - or you can go to bars - they are pretty small but you can get to know the people there quite easily. There is the diso "night train" or "cannibals".
To enter "Cannibals" you have to be 21 at least.
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Miikkatja
University of Applied Sciences, Schmalkalden, Schmalkalden, Germany
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
I was calling my family from time to time and therefore I was buying phonecards - the food is little bit more expensive than in Germany - especially vegetables.
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Food, Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items