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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
Because it's close from university and quite good.
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Personal comments
Not very expensive. Good location and all needed facilities.
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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
A few good places to go, but it also depends on what you like to do.
The best place in Finland: the nature !
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Overall
I wish I had known...
Not really, excepted that I didn't imagine it was so hard to be acquainted with finnsih students.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Learn a bit finnish before leaving !
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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
There's a very high quality of life in Finland and very good conditions for studying (better than in my home university).
Go there if you want to experiment something different that you will never forget !
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Academic
Course recommendations
There are a lot of courses at low/middle level, but a lack of advanced ones.
If you've already studied 3 or 4 years, you could have difficulties to find convenient courses.
Otherwise, everything is ok.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
No. It's great because you can take the exam as much as you want and keep the best result !
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My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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Languages
Language of instruction: Finnish
Was learning Finnish a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your Finnish?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Finnish is an hard language but its knowledge is absolutely necessary if you really want the courses to be useful, because they're almost all in finnish (that's quite normal).
But for foreign students teachers are comprehensive and can prepare exams in others languages if you ask.
Almost all the population can communicate in a foreign language.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Because nordic countries are still quite expensive !
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Housing, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone, Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Finland is a very modern country and
every "administrave" stuff (like bank)are very simple, but it's anyway not a very cheap place.
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