Reviews of Vaasan Yliopisto | Finland

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Silvia D

Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Student life dominates the city

Travel, Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Fontana, Trip to lapland, Vappu (In may the student festival)

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Silvia D

Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Erasmus

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.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

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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Silvia D

Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

Government assistance<br> An ERASMUS grant<br> 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.

Overall, Nightlife, Housing, Travel:

was more expensive than at home.

Food, Telephone:

was the same price as at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

none

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Silvia D

Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

That it could be so cold and so dark during winter time.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

4

Culture

4

Costs

2

Activities

4

Campus life

4

Party / people

4

Weather / location

2

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.

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

3

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

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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Silvia D

Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

My academic experiences

Quality of courses

Variety of courses

Access to resources

Interaction with teachers

Interaction with international students

Interaction with local students

Personal comments

none

My opinion of the university assessment

Exams at end of course

Exams throughout the course

Essays and/or projects at the end of course

Essays and/or projects throughout the course

Overall

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Silvia D

Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning English a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my English

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

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)

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

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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