Reviews of Högskolan i Kalmar | Sweden

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Julia S

Internationales Management Center Krems GMBH, Krems, Austria
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Student life dominates the city

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

First of all

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Julia S

Internationales Management Center Krems GMBH, Krems, Austria
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: student dormitory (not on campus)

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: student dormitory (not on campus)

Why?

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

The rooms provided by Kalmar University are all very nice, clean and offer all needed facilities. Furthermore you live together with Swedish students, which enable you to develop more social contacts. Most of them are close to the city center, which is very comfortable.

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Julia S

Internationales Management Center Krems GMBH, Krems, Austria
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

Personal savings

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

Housing: student dormitory was quite expensive Nightlife: entrance fees, expensive prices for alcoholic beverages Travel: I wanted to see the country.

Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:

was more expensive than at home.

Food:

was the same price as at home.

Telephone:

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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Julia S

Internationales Management Center Krems GMBH, Krems, Austria
Business Studies, Undergraduate, 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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Julia S

Internationales Management Center Krems GMBH, Krems, Austria
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

As I really tried to prepare myself before leaving, nothing really unexpected happened to me.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

3

Costs

2

Activities

4

Campus life

3

Party / people

4

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

Sometimes there were some slightly problems concerning the administrative aspects. This point could be improved.

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

3

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

Kalmar University tries hard to make exchange students feel comfortable right from the beginning. Every student has his own mentor who e.g. picks you up from the station. Furthermore the ESN-board organized orientation days and also some parties and traveling. It was fun, and I really liked the way it was handled.

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Julia S

Internationales Management Center Krems GMBH, Krems, Austria
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 Swedish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Swedish

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 Swedish?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

As the language of instructions was English and also the courses I chose were held in English it wasn't a problem. Almost all Swedish people know English very well, and as I also participated in a Swedish course, I started to expand my knowledge also in daily communication e.g. try to order in Swedish, easy conversation with Swedish students etc….

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