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Academic
Course recommendations
Business Strategy Management is the best course I took there, really impressive.
International Marketing is a good value course (measured by the amount of work it takes to get good grades).
A huge percentage of students couldn't pass the Corporate Finance course but it's a very interesting one.
Courses with essays (as opposed to exams) offer the best value.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
It would have been better if there were more native English teachers, more case studies and better local student involvement.
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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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Overall
I wish I had known...
I wished I had known more Swedish.
I would have tried to get a room closer to downtown.
I would have brought a 'tuxedo' from home and then I would have been able to go to the traditional Gaskes.
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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
I would very strongly recommend it. This review shows why :)
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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
- Go to Goteborg Nation for Valborg and make sure you get tickets, you'll have one day only and there's bound to be a HUGE line so you should find out when that day is and wake up very early. You have to get used to the 'queuing' culture. Valborg is crazy and it is probably also the best time to invite over your friends from home.
- Take time to travel around in Sweden and outside. You should definitely go to Stockholm, Kiruna, Goteborg, Gotland and Lund (I'm ashamed to say that I didn't go there but everybody says it's just great). Take a week at least for Norway a long weekend for the Baltic countries and maybe Finland. St Petersburg is also bound to be pretty cool.
If you have the chance you could even venture to Germany, Poland and Tchek Republick (Berlin, Warsaw, Crakow and Prague). ...
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Family
Government assistance
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
Sweden is more expensive than France (except for Paris and the French riviera :) and I spent a lot of money partying (alcohol is rather expensive), travelling and calling home. Well worth it!
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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
Make sure to get a Swedish Personummer - it will simplify your life a lot.
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I would highly recommend that people make the effort to learn Swedish, it can seriously improve your experience and Swedish people will really appreciate it. For non native English speakers, I would suggest that you read a few books in English before the beginning of the courses. You will be surprised to see that it's really hard to memorize things in another language so don't be mislead by your understanding ability, assimilation requires another language level.
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Apartments are not much more expensive than student housing and it would allow me to share it with some friends that I pick. On the other hand I could pick the location.
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Personal comments
Sudent accomodation in Uppsala is very good but some campuses are a bit far. I would avoid living in Polacksbacken for instance. If you are sent there try to discuss it with your coordinator.
If you can speak with exchange students who go to your university while you are at theirs you could try to swap rooms, that's the only way you'll get a room in the Nations dorms where there's usually a huge waiting list. The best Nation dorms are the ones of Kalmar, Ostogota, Snerikes and Stockholms.
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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
The social life at Uppsala is really great and everything happens within the confines of the student Nations. There are 13 Nations representing each one of the Swedish regions. Every night you can go out, either to a pub or to a club.
My party itinerary:
Tuesdays: Snerikes
Wednesdays: V-Dala or Ostgota
Thursdays: Stockholms
Fridays: Vermlands
Saturdays: V-dala
Sundays: Snerikes
Mondays: Varmlands but only after exams, once a month.
My favourite nightspot was definitely Stockholms on Thursdays. You should definitely pick the Nation whose party you like the most. Mine was Stockholms, it's reputed for being the hippest and the one with the nicest girls :)
You'll get in for free when it's your Nation or if you get ther before 8pm. The party starts at 10pm so you'll have time to spend what you saved at the bar, usually you can eat there too so if you can make ...
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