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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Café String in Södermalm, Södra Teatern in Södermalm
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Housing
Type of housing: cabin
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: With a family
Why?
To have more contact to Swedish people
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Personal comments
The university offers different housing opportunities. The Solna cabins, which is where I lived, are located in Solna just outside Stockholm. It takes about 40 minutes to get to university by bus /subway.
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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
Food is more expensive in Sweden than in Germany
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Food, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
The NETTO supermarkets are the cheapest in Stockholm
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Academic
My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
I only had home exams at the end of each course. "Real" exams would have made me study harder.
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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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Overall
I wish I had known...
I wish I had known more Swedish so that I could have taken courses held in Swedish.
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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
Try to pick Swedish courses if you really want to learn the language.
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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
In winter you should go to Lappland in the very north of Sweden. It was the best experience for me. But Stockholm itself is absolutely fantastic as well!
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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 spoke English most of the time which was no problem at all.
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