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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Activities: 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
Night life in Stockholm is quite expensive. We opted for house parties and had a fabulous time.
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Housing
Type of housing: Student residence
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Student residence
Why?
I would choose the same place, because it was amazing - in a nice location (even if far from school), with other exchange students, but also Swedes, great room...
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Personal comments
There were two choices - close to SSE (more expensive) or further away (cca.20min by bus). Both are excellent choices, but if you want to meet some Swedish students, you should choose the one further away.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
The whole area around school is covered by a wireless network - I wish I'd known that, since I didn't have appropriate hardware.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
It was the best term of my life. SSE is a very good school, the student life is great, and Stockholm is beautiful.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
Prepare extra money for trips - the Exchange Committee organizes a lot of excursions, we were in Denmark, Finland, Russia and Estonia. Priceless!
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Academic
Course recommendations
Anything taught by Udo Zander - his field is International Business and he is a great teacher.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I really intended to learn some Swedish, but it was practically impossible, since everyone (really everyone!) speaks almost perfect English and they switch to it as soon as they notice you are a foreigner (out of courtesy)
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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
Almost everyhing (aside maybe clothes) is more expensive in Sweden, then it is in Austria
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Food, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Housing:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Plastic money is in Sweden omnipresent - one can pay for anything (even very small sums) with a credit card.
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