Reviews of Universidade de Macau | China

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Kati E

Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Turku, Finland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Independent

Student life

Describe host city:

Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Sands casino was the place to be after the parties! School cafe is excellent

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Kati E

Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Turku, Finland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Independent

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Independently - My choice

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

Cheaper.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

The on-campus facilities were well organized to the exchange students. Except that we had to share a room.

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Kati E

Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Turku, Finland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Independent

Overall

I wish I had known...

That during January and February there is very cold weather in Macao.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

2

Culture

4

Costs

2

Activities

3

Campus life

2

Party / people

2

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

The university will take good care of the exchange students.

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

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

It is cheap to travel so you should do that!

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Kati E

Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Turku, Finland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Independent

Academic

Course recommendations

Courses were quite easy regard to western standards.

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

Overall

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Kati E

Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Turku, Finland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Independent

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: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

I don't speak that much Chinese and they don't speak English and that caused problems sometimes.

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Kati E

Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Turku, Finland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Independent

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Government assistance

Other sources of funding:

Other

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

There were great opportunities to travel and it was pretty cheap, so I did that. China is quite cheap country.

Travel, Overall:

was more expensive than at home.

Food, Housing, Nightlife, Telephone:

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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