Reviews of Stockholms Universitet (SU) | Sweden

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raposoandre

Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e Empresa, Lisbon, Portugal
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Other sources of funding:

Family

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

Nightlife, Overall, Housing, Travel, Food:

was more expensive than at home.

Telephone:

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

none

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raposoandre

Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e Empresa, Lisbon, Portugal
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

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

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raposoandre

Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e Empresa, Lisbon, Portugal
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

NO I do not think so.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

4

Costs

2

Activities

4

Campus life

2

Party / people

3

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

Go study there, I learned a lot and at the same time I had enormous fun...

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

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

Apply for a tutor, it can be very helpful in the begging of your experience. If you are only going for one semmester, choose the summer to study in stockholm.

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raposoandre

Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e Empresa, Lisbon, Portugal
Business Studies, 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: At ease in most situations
My level after: At ease in most situations

How much did you improve your Swedish?

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

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

The courses wore given in English, so it has easy to follow up, on the other hand, swedish is not a easy language to a south european, so natives spoke English with me. I think that they didn´t mind at all.

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