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4.18 / 5 based on 90 reviews
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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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
--Going Out--
International Students Gathering Place -- Studenthusset (Kobmagergade)
Places to Drink and Chat -- Moose (Kobmagergade area), Dubliner (Stroget), O'Learys (Station, watching sports meanwhile), Verners (Engineering College), Christiania
Nice Clubs -- Sevilla (Kogens Nytorv area), Australian (Latin Quarter), Laurens Ptier (Near Parliament), Dakota (near Stroget)
--To Visit--
-City
Mermaid (obvious)
Our Saviour's Church Tower (spring-summer)
Christiania
Ny Calsberg Glyphotek
-Nearby
Roskilde (Cathedral, Viking Museum)
Helsingor
Hillerod (Frederiksborg Castle)
Malmö
Mon cliffs.
-- If you have time...
Get a cruise to Oslo or other city in winter... relatively cheap and a good time if you are with friends.
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Housing
Type of housing: International Students Apartment/Residence
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Same Place
Why?
You get to befriend a lot of people from all over Europe living in that residence.
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Personal comments
Accomodation may vary depending on what the university has available. You may get to live in residences, wich are nice if you want to know people, especially those with a lot of international students. You may get to live with families wich may be a different experience. Most housing is not near the university or Copenhagen center, so you will probably need to use public transport or get a bike.
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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
Denmark is, in general, a more expensive country than Spain. Some services are however cheaper, as cell phones.
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Food, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
You can return bottles for money, however supermarket bags do cost, so bring your own from home.
If you plan to move around a lot, might be interesting buying montly tickets for public transport, depending on the transport zones you need.
Be careful of second-hand bikes, some require an higher price on repairing than you paid for them. Police auctions might be a better solution.
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Academic
Course recommendations
Danish educational system is quite "soft" compared to other countries, so you may be dissapointed if you are waiting for teachers pressing you to learn.
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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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Overall
I wish I had known...
The "soft" academic level in denmark
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Go if you plan to have a nice international experience, and try one of the international programmes the university offers.
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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
Check low-price air companies based in denmark: Maersk-air, Sterling.
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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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
You can do pretty well speaking English at Denmark. Most of the people can answer to you in that language. Add to that Danish is a not so used lenguage, with a complicate phonetic, and you underestand why most students in Denmark try very little with the local language. These who want would find people helps them, tough.
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