Reviews of The Aarhus School of Business (HHA) | Denmark

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pydirick2

Solvay Business School, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

because of the independence and the relatively low cost you might have

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

rent is cheap compared with the standard of living (+20% more than in Belgium) Some friends of mine lived quite far away from the center (30 min by bike!)... that could be a problem so take care of it

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pydirick2

Solvay Business School, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Activities, Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

*special events at the club for erasmus students studying at the university *parties at the Aarhus School of Business *bars in town

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pydirick2

Solvay Business School, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, 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 the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations

How much did you improve your the local language?

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

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

linguistic immersion is the only effective way to learn a language. I could read english and express myself a bit but after this erasmus experience, I was able to communicate, understand native speakers and chat with them rather correctly. since danish do not have english as a mother tongue language (though they have a solid knowledge of it) and that they are reluctant to speak with foreigners, I spoke english mostly with other erasmus students (most of them are coming from spain)

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pydirick2

Solvay Business School, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I worked during my study abroad experience

Personal spending habits

prices in the day-to-day living is about 20% higher than in Belgium

Telephone, Nightlife, Overall, Food:

was more expensive than at home.

Housing:

was the same price as at home.

Travel:

was less expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

go to ALDI!!!

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pydirick2

Solvay Business School, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

beware you will need a bike. It is really useful there.

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

2

Costs

2

Activities

2

Campus life

2

Party / people

2

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

NONE. No strict rules not to break. Rather relax.

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

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

Visit the top-north (the greatest -and the only!- place to visit is at the top of Dk where Atlantic and Baltic meet) and Aalborg. Of course Copenhagen but there's not so much to do. Stockholm if you can (with a rail-pass of two weeks, that's the cheapest) Hamburg and Berlin : not so far, rent a van with others it won't cost you a lot.

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pydirick2

Solvay Business School, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

exams are "opened books" exams so the main duty for a student is to understand and participate in order to get the best of the courses (and the best results) A GREAT course : Cross-Cultural Marketing - interactive, compelling, good level

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

they have their own perception of hte way student have to work... I think there should be more practical jobs to do, even for exchange students. In Belgium we are more used to memorise and this was almost inexistent there. I would say there should be more of it.

My opinion of the university assessment

Exams at end of course

Exams throughout the course