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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Fontana, Trip to lapland, Vappu (In may the student festival)
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
Living in a campus allowed me to be in contact with different cultures not only during the time spent at the university but also in the spare time. Sharing the apartment with a roomate has been educative and it help me to speak constantly english improving the language skill.
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Personal comments
The experience could not be better. The friendship that i built there are still in place, the experience has been not only a challenge profesionally but also personally. Being resposible in first line ourself has no price and let you discover a lot of aspects that previously were not important or underlined.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Government assistance
An ERASMUS grant
Other
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Nightlife and trips were organised by the university and it was required to participate to create the community, and of course it was a pleasure to take part of all the events, the rent avarage is higher since finland has a price level higher compare to the other EU countries.
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Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Overall
I wish I had known...
That it could be so cold and so dark during winter time.
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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
The organisation is simply perfect. You will be assigned to a tutor that will help you from the first day, from coming to the train station to pick you up to visit the university and come with you to have the food purchase. The local erasmus team will manage to organise trip, party,excursion. You will have a program for everyday, everynight.
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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
You should visit Lapland, especially in jan- Feb to have the chance to see the northern light.
If you have to choose the campus where to go, Tekla 2 is the best.
You should plan a trip also to stockholm and Helsinky and tampere.
The balcan countries are also interesting and Russia of course.
Please try Ice swimming, you will love it.
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Academic
My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
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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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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Finnish people are native like english speaker, all the courses at the university are held in english, since it is considered as the official business language.
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