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4.06 / 5 based on 178 reviews
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Tom S
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Activities, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Night spots are not so great...unless you like really drunk people and not so good music.
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“Excellent facillities”
Ella S
United Kingdom,
Fine Art (Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking), 2020
OverallUmea university provided excellent facilities for studying art. The course gave me the time and space I needed to develop my skills and provided guidence when I needed it.
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Careers
I didn't have much interaction with the careers office
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Pros
Great stuios for the students
Cons
Umea is quite far away from anything else
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Christopher T
University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon
Financial Management, Graduate, Independent
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
for obvious reasons, living abroad has always been more expensive than living at home.
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Food, Telephone, Housing, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife, Overall:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Jelena J
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
Excellent communication with both academic and social life as all the people speak English and you cannot really feel that it's in fact Swedish speaking country. It was really easy to get around and socialize.
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Michele P
Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Great University, excellent services
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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
TRavel Lowcost (ryanair), I reccomend Flynordic for domestic flights. Buy a bike
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ThomasJ
Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Activities, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
If you stay at Lappis, there are lots of corridorparties and don't miss the party at "Alhuset" (university of Stockholm) every Wednesday. An event not to be missed is the "Spring welcome party" in Uppsala.
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