Reviews of Fachhochschule Kufstein Tirol (FHS-KUFSTEIN) | Austria

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Suvi M

Seinäjoen Ammattikorkeakoulu, Seinajoki, Finland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

Activities, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

There's nothing in Kufstein.

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Suvi M

Seinäjoen Ammattikorkeakoulu, Seinajoki, Finland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

In the international student resident ISR there is not actually that much rooms for international students as many of the rooms have been rented for local students. Most of the Erasmus students had to find a place to live all by themselves. Some lived in pretty crappy conditions. I lived at FMZ. It's a bit costly, but it was good.

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Suvi M

Seinäjoen Ammattikorkeakoulu, Seinajoki, Finland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Personal savings

Other sources of funding:

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

Work opportunities:

I didn't want/need to work

Personal spending habits

Travel, Housing:

was more expensive than at home.

Food, Overall:

was the same price as at home.

Telephone, Nightlife:

was less expensive than 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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Suvi M

Seinäjoen Ammattikorkeakoulu, Seinajoki, Finland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

Take Duenas' courses. Be prepared, the selection of the courses can change a lot between choosing them for your learning agreement in your home university and coming to Kufstein..

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

FH Kufstein is really easy. You don't have to study at all.

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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Suvi M

Seinäjoen Ammattikorkeakoulu, Seinajoki, Finland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

The selection of everything at the food stores is quite small. And many Austrian foods are either really greasy or super sweet.

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

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

Academic reasons

3

Culture

3

Costs

2

Activities

3

Campus life

2

Party / people

2

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

If I could choose again, I wouldn't choose to go to Kufstein.

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

2

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

3

Experienced a change in life

3

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

If you go to FH Kufstein, prepare to travel and go to places, because after two weeks Kufstein is really boring place. The University is in many ways bad, but on the other hand it's really easy. Nightlife is also quite boring. There are like two places worth going to, and they are... well, they could have been better. But I think it's the people and traveling that matter after this erasmus experience is over.

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Suvi M

Seinäjoen Ammattikorkeakoulu, Seinajoki, Finland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, 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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

The German language teacher was really bad. She only wrote words on the board. We did not learn to use those word. So if you want to learn German, you have to do it somewhere else than in a FH Kufstein class room

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