Reviews of Mercuria Business School | Finland

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Sergio D

Università Degli Studi Di Roma - Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Other sources of funding:

Family<br> Personal savings

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

I come from Rome, which is an expensive city for both the housing and the night life, but the average income is supposed to be higher in Finland than in Italy: that means that I was pretty surprised about my expenses there...I supposed to spend more money

Food:

was more expensive than at home.

Telephone, Travel, Overall:

was the same price as at home.

Nightlife, Housing:

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

go to the question 3

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Sergio D

Università Degli Studi Di Roma - Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

courses are not so difficult, and no panic....teachers for international studets' courses are english language native

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

very good like it is

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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Sergio D

Università Degli Studi Di Roma - Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

NO, there are lot of nice things to discover there by yourself

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

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

4

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

It's not so big, but small and very familiar...to socialize both with teachers and student(local and international)

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

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

3

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

I would live my exchange experience so many and many times until be full of it...a wonderful experience under all aspects, social, cultural!!!

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Sergio D

Università Degli Studi Di Roma - Tor Vergata, Rome, 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: At ease in most situations
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

The language spoken is mainly english...it's essential to survive if You don't know finnish language, because it's so,so difficult language to learn!thanks to my fluent level of english, I did not have any kind of problem to comunicate

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