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4.03 / 5 based on 96 reviews
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Oscar P
Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
There are some places you cannot miss: The first called Blaa: A place with its own great history; other So What! very cool in my opinion. You can also have a look at a pub among the pubs in the campus; and finally the familiar atmosphere in the pub of Kringsjaa
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Marta L
Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
This university is great, is always something being done on campus, student are very active and participative in the society
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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 to Bergen, meet the fjords
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sofie l
Languages
Language of instruction: Norwegian
Was learning Norwegian a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your Norwegian?
My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I took an intensive course, and we had to work for it! But i almost learned more norwegian in six weeks than for example portuguese in six months or hindi in four years, and that wasn't because of me, but because of the teacher and the way of teaching!
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martin d
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Because Norway is incredibly expensive, so expensive it is quite unbelievable. The UK is quite expensive compared with most of Europe and certainly alot more than North America. In Norway many things are double the cost.
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Food, Telephone, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Bring as much as possible with you if you want to save money. Things like chewing gum and chocolate cost three times the UK price.
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“great academic”
Abysinia K
Norway, Undergraduate
Development Studies, 2022
Overall
great courses, the faculty of social sciences is a dynamic place with a lot of interesting students and highly knowledgeable professors!!
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Pros
no tuition fee, an abundance of courses and great professors
Cons
not very international or diverse, most students are Norwegian nationals
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Marta L
Languages
Language of instruction: Spanish
Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your Spanish?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Exchange always gives us a great opportunity to improve our english. As pretty much everyone in Norway speaks english, I didn't have many incentives to try to speak norwegian outside the "Norwegian classes"
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