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4.16 / 5 based on 574 reviews
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Jayeen H
Monash University Malaysia, Sunway, Malaysia
Communication and Information Sciences, Undergraduate, University Agreement
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Other
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
Due to the high taxes in Sweden, the average expenses in Uppsala is comparatively higher than Malaysia.
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Food, Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Cook your own meal as eating out is going to cost you a fortune!!!!!
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Lilli R
Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: In a student hotel
Why?
There is a nice student lodging, Basic Hotel, just in the centre of Uppsala. Both campus (Flogsta) and Basic Hotel have lots of foreign students, but Basic's location is much better.
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Personal comments
If you stay in Campus, make sure you are put in student room where you have your own bathroom (and share kitchen + tv room). Some student rooms are Duplex, which means you share a kitchen and a bathroom with someone. I lived in a duplex a month and found myself feeling very isolated, since my flatmate wasn't too social. When you share a corridor with 12 people you have better chances of making friends
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sschwarz
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
The student apartments (though hard to come by) are wonderful!! Cheap, spacious and often close to the city center. (It was easier for me to get one because of my Swedish boyfriend, who's also a student...but the student rooms are nice, too.)
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Personal comments
Fun and independent compared with university housing in the US.
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marco b
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
just get there and see yourself
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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
Sweden is such a big country...you need much time to travel around.
Finland is close to sweden: get there by ferry from stockholm (cheap and fun...beware drunk people on the boat).
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Anna T
Academic
Course recommendations
Comming from an education system where you complete 5 full courses at once, for one semester at a time, the Swedish system was strange because it is only once course at a time, 4 times during one semester. This gave me alot of free time, and maybe not enough class time as needed.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
More class time needed.
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Arjan A
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
Student life is great in this student city!
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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
Trips to Finland, Estonia, and Norway will be organised for you. But it is worthwile to plan your own trip to the north of Sweden to Kiruna, and make a dogsledge trip there and go and see the Ice Hotel.
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