University of Tampere (UTA)

The only category in which I spent less were my phone calls - because I had no phone and I could communicate with everybody via email. The rest of it was expensive for me in general as I come from a post-communist country where the cost of living is not so high. As for accommodation it was about 10 times more although I had the cheapest one in town, drinks and parties aren't cheap either for the Finns themselves and I was definitely travelling more than at home because in 5 months I wanted to see everything around and went to neigbouring states as well.

I took only thick woolen sweaters for the winter season and no T-shirts but I should have because in schools and computer labs it was hot! I could have taken a sleeping bag for travelling as well so that I didn't have to buy one here.

There is a great choice of post-study activities so you don't have to be bored anytime. The choice of the courses is optional so you don't have to study what you do not want. But definitely you would need a proper typing skills with all 10 fingers because for all exams you must write an essay.

Try to find out in advance from older students what a course is about because many of them have overlapping schedules and you don't want to miss the most suitable one, do you? :-)

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I would choose campus again because I was always around other students and my friends and we formed a pleasant community. This is how we could communicate better and get to know each other closer.