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4.16 / 5 based on 574 reviews
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curtisjohansson
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Stockholm's Nation Rules! In Uppsala, each region of Sweden has a nation house and the Swedes from that region join their nation. As an exchange student, I joined which ever nation I wanted, so I chose Stockholm's. Each nation has parties and the parties at Stockholm's on Thursdays were amazing!
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Stephanie V
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Government assistance
A private grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
The exchange rate is really bad for Australians! And Sweden is notoriously expensive
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Food, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Eat and party at the student nations as much as possible, they are much cheaper
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Rocio A
Overall
I wish I had known...
I wish to speak better english when I arrived..and then to learn more swedish
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
You will have to work hard but it worths it, I learnt sooo much
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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
visit the North Pole, incredible and fascinating, I recommend not to take the train without beds (16hours seated)
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Hui L
Jiang Nan University, Wuxi, China
Chemistry, Graduate, Independent
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Because its wonderful environment for both living and study.
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Personal comments
The apartment provided by the university is perfect for student, especially for international student.
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Fairlight B
Overall
I wish I had known...
Sweden's generally not as cold as everyone thinks, so I didn't need to bring so many sweaters.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Keep doing what you are doing.
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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
Local travel companies offer great excursion discounts, so travel as much as you can.
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Megan L
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
As far as social life goes, it would be better to know Swedish. However I had to trouble communicating with people. The most of Swedes speak very good English.
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