Reviews of Chalmers University of Technology | Sweden

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Mattia B

LUISS, Rome, Italy
Environmental Sciences, Graduate, Scholarship promoted by ENI S.p.A.

Academic

Course recommendations

I won a scholaship promoted by ENI S.p.A. to study renewable energy, making do it for myself the research to complete my thesis

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

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Pedro A

Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Engineering, Mechanical, Graduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside 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

Café Garbo is a place were U can have a nice expresso and a slice of chocolate cake, while U watch some nice swedish chics!! :P

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Muhammad F

Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Computer Science / IT, Graduate, Independent

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning English a key decision factor?

No, it wasn't.

Was learning Swedish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Swedish

How much did you improve your Swedish?

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

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

For social life learning local language is necessary but we hardly get time for such activaties. But for University it is ok.

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João M

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Computer Science / IT, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

nothing to state

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

1

Campus life

1

Party / people

1

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

I liked it, it has good conditions and good choice of courses.

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

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

You can buy a 30-day card to use public transportation. Good places to shop food/home: Willys, ICA Maxi, Netto(check their site for week promotions).

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Muhammad F

Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Computer Science / IT, Graduate, Independent

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

Personal savings

Work opportunities:

I worked during my study abroad experience

Personal spending habits

becuase it is expensive here

Housing, Overall, Nightlife, Travel:

was more expensive than at home.

Telephone, Food:

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

Chalmers gives once hospitality allowance to International Students wich is about 4000 SEK

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Nina A

SEUA, Yerevan, Armenia
Management Science, Graduate, Independent

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 Swedish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Swedish

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

How much did you improve your Swedish?

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

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

I mostly comminicate with international students. The communication eith teachers was easy,, they are very friendly.

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