Reviews of Universitetet i Oslo | Norway

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Oscar P

Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
Chemistry, Graduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

There are some places you cannot miss: The first called Blaa: A place with its own great history; other So What! very cool in my opinion. You can also have a look at a pub among the pubs in the campus; and finally the familiar atmosphere in the pub of Kringsjaa

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Marta L

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Economics, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

No

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

3

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

3

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

This university is great, is always something being done on campus, student are very active and participative in the society

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

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

3

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

Travel to Bergen, meet the fjords

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sofie l

Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium
Language, Graduate, summer course

Languages

Language of instruction: Norwegian

Was learning Norwegian a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Norwegian

How much did you improve your Norwegian?

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

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

I took an intensive course, and we had to work for it! But i almost learned more norwegian in six weeks than for example portuguese in six months or hindi in four years, and that wasn't because of me, but because of the teacher and the way of teaching!

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martin d

University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Humanities, Undergraduate, self funding student

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

Personal savings<br> Government assistance

Work opportunities:

I didn't want/need to work

Personal spending habits

Because Norway is incredibly expensive, so expensive it is quite unbelievable. The UK is quite expensive compared with most of Europe and certainly alot more than North America. In Norway many things are double the cost.

Travel, Nightlife, Food, Overall, Telephone:

was more expensive than at home.

Housing:

was less expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Second-hand bedding

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

Bring as much as possible with you if you want to save money. Things like chewing gum and chocolate cost three times the UK price.

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“great academic”

Abysinia K

Norway, Undergraduate
Development Studies, 2022

Overall

great courses, the faculty of social sciences is a dynamic place with a lot of interesting students and highly knowledgeable professors!!

Pros

no tuition fee, an abundance of courses and great professors

Cons

not very international or diverse, most students are Norwegian nationals

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Marta L

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Economics, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: Spanish

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Spanish

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your Spanish?

My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: At ease in most situations

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

Exchange always gives us a great opportunity to improve our english. As pretty much everyone in Norway speaks english, I didn't have many incentives to try to speak norwegian outside the "Norwegian classes"

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