Reviews of Turku School of Economics and Business Administration (TSE) | Finland

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Camilla T

LIUC Università Cattaneo Castellanza, Castellanza, Italy
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Student life dominates the city

Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

The pbest pre-parties were don ein the student village in the common kitchens. If you wanted to go to town before the disco, I would advice you to go to Boheme or Blanko. Disco:PRIMA!

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Camilla T

LIUC Università Cattaneo Castellanza, Castellanza, Italy
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: On campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

Because it's where all the international students live, where the cool parties are done, and where your meet everyone. It's also near the school. Don't go for tha shared apartements they are completely out of hand!

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

It was arranged very well. I had my personal room with my own bathroom. Everything was brand new and I also had a fridge in the room.

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Camilla T

LIUC Università Cattaneo Castellanza, Castellanza, Italy
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 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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

How much did you improve your the local language?

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

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

I had no problems in English,and it was fine for me. If you do have some, be careful if you end up in courses where they ask you to write 15 pages essays!

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Camilla T

LIUC Università Cattaneo Castellanza, Castellanza, Italy
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

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

alcohol is very expensive, and also the bus.

Travel, Overall, Telephone:

was more expensive than at home.

Nightlife, Housing:

was the same price as at home.

Food:

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

none

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Camilla T

LIUC Università Cattaneo Castellanza, Castellanza, Italy
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

Finnish boys are not very good looking :-(

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

3

Costs

2

Activities

2

Campus life

3

Party / people

4

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

This UNi is very well organised, and it has many facilities. The tutors help you a lot.

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

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

2

Met people from other countries

3

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

You can travel to practically everywhere now that that they have Ryanair connections from Tampere. It was fun travelling and partying every night,and it really changed my way of seeing things!

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