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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 nations atr night and their daytime lunches/fika, depending on what you preferences are.
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Housing
Type of housing: A room exchange
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
The atmosphere was really good, couldnt have done better!
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Personal comments
Uppsala universitet offers students housing at Flogsta, Rackarberget or Kantorsgatan. All of them are well equipped, even though only Rackarberget is the only one in the city center. For people willing to bike (often done here), living outside the center is no problem, however.
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Caroline B
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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Well organised swedish language courses offered, definitely recommend them.
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Caroline B
Academic
Course recommendations
Level could have been higher, less challenging than i had hoped.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
See above, improve quality.
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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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Caroline B
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Sweden is generally an expensive country, even though in telephonme and travelling i managed to get a lot of student discounts.
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Food, Housing, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife, Travel:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Caroline B
Overall
I wish I had known...
No, i was fully prepared and stuff i didnt know made it more exciting in discovery.
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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
Enjoy! People are nice, but do take initiatives such as enrolling in courses you like yourself. This is gerenally possible.
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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
See as much as you can, especially Lappland is worth going! Stockholm is nearby, take the Swebus express, with a student ticket for 45sek.
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