Reviews of Università Bocconi | Italy

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Miia H

Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark
Management Science, Graduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

none

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Miia H

Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark
Management Science, Graduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Independently - My choice

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

On campus accomodation was really expensive and bad conditions.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

Do not stay on campus!

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Miia H

Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark
Management Science, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

How expensive everything really is.

In my opinion:

I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.

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

Academic reasons

3

Culture

4

Costs

1

Activities

2

Campus life

2

Party / people

3

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

There is not much contact with the local students, you really have to work for it. also not that many cources to choose from if you do not speak italian. no campus life.

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

3

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

3

Experienced a change in life

3

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

Great city and a good school, but not as social as, for example, going to an american university.

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Miia H

Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark
Management Science, Graduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

Do not take consulting or B2B marketing.

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

All papers and exams were during the last month of the stay. Would be better to sread them more evenly duting the semester, or at leat give student he opportunity to start on their papers in time if they wanted to, not everything in one go.

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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Miia H

Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark
Management Science, 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 Italian a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Italian

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 Italian?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

I wanted to learn Italian, but as in school the language was english and there was not much contact with the local students, I did not learn as much as I had hoped.

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Miia H

Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark
Management Science, Graduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Government assistance

Other sources of funding:

Family<br> Personal savings<br> An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

Everything in Milna is very expensive, and when you are on exchange you tend to do more activities than when at home, so you will end up spending quite a bit of money. Also on top of the above mentioned expensies, Milan is amazing for shopping...

Telephone, Travel, Housing, Nightlife, Overall, Food:

was more expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books