Avis sur University of Tampere (UTA) | Finlande

Utile | 0

Mairead w

University of Limerick, Limerick, Irlande
Relations Internationales, Licence, Erasmus

Vie étudiante

Description de la ville:

La vie étudiante domine la ville

Activités: A lieu principalement à la fac et/ou entre les étudiants

Vie nocturne: A lieu surtout en hors campus

Voyager: A lieu autant sur le campus et en dehors

Expérience personnelle de vie sociale

Activités

Vie nocturne

Voyages

Évaluation globale

Commentaire personnel

Cafe Europa was a nice place, as many international students go there and more importantly, Finns hoping to meet people from abroad also when here. The Irish bar, O' Connells was also a popular haunt of the open-minded.

Utile | 0

Mairead w

University of Limerick, Limerick, Irlande
Relations Internationales, Licence, Erasmus

Logement

Type de logement: Appartement/maison

Organisé par: Université d'accueil

Si j'y retournais je choisirais: En famille

Pourquoi?

Such an arrangement would really let me get to know Finnish people. However, many Finns are quite private, I am not sure how well a family would cope with an 'outsider'.

Evaluation personnelle

Frais

Installations

Emplacement

Propreté

Espace

Commentaire personnel

The housing, while I was there, was handled by a company independent of the University. They were very professional and it was quite challenging, to work with the staff. However, they were professional and spoke very good english.

Utile | 0

Mairead w

University of Limerick, Limerick, Irlande
Relations Internationales, Licence, Erasmus

Évaluation globale

Si j'avais su

That I should have opted to stay for the full year, and not just half.

A mon avis:

J'ai aimé mais pas sûr que c'est pour tous

Critères importants pour mon choix
(1) Aucune importance – (4) Très important

Raisons académiques

3

Culture

4

Frais

2

Activités

3

Vie universitaire

2

Vie sociale / Fête

2

Climat et emplacement

4

Recommandation personnelle

This a pretty university. They get alot of visiting lecturers for international relations and this was a major bonus for me. It is wonderful to get a different insight into issues. I had American, Finnish and German teachers.

Pendant mon expérience à l'étranger j'ai...
(1) Jaimais – (4) Très souvent

Appréhendé une autre culture

3

Voyagé

4

Accru mes compétences linguistiques

3

Rencontré des gens d'autres pays

4

Développé mon autonomie

4

Fait la fête

4

Vécu une transformation

4

Amélioré mes possibilités de carrière

4

Derniers commentaires

You will experience a culture shock in Finland. Perhaps the most striking thing for me was how quiet the place is. Words are kept to a minimum Finland and for the talkers among you, it could well be an incrediably frustrating place to live. However, many Finns, though reserved were welcoming and hospitable.I hope to go back and stay in a cabin by a lake someday.

Utile | 0

Mairead w

University of Limerick, Limerick, Irlande
Relations Internationales, Licence, Erasmus

Études

Recommandations de cours

Course are often run in as intensive two or three hour classes over two or three weeks culminating in a tesst of some kind. This was quite a change for me. However this system allowed me to plan travelling between blocks of class. You must sign up for classes, find a noticeboard relevant to your courses and watch it for announcement of courses.

Mon expérience académique

Qualité des cours

Catalogue de cours

Accès à différentes ressources

Intéraction avec les professeurs

Intéraction avec les étudiants étrangers

Intéraction avec les étudiants locaux

Commentaire personnel

Some courses were quite relaxed and while this fostered debate and participation in the class room, there was often a lack of discipline. Lecturers were often VERY difficult to meet with outside class times. Office hours for meeting students were regularly flouted.

Mon avis sur l'évaluation

Examens en fin de cours

Examens au cours du trimestre

Travaux et projets finaux

Travaux et projets pendant le cours

Évaluation globale

Utile | 0

Mairead w

University of Limerick, Limerick, Irlande
Relations Internationales, Licence, Erasmus

Langues étrangères

Langue d'enseignement: Anglais

Apprendre le Anglais fut un élément important de la décision?

Non, pas vraiment.

Difficultés linguistiques

Sociales

Éducatives

Administratives

Évaluation globale

Commentaire personnel

Most young Finns speak english, this is pretty good. However, speaking to begin with is not their strong suit, so it was challenging to make Finnish friends even if they spoke English. I really recommend learning some basic Finnish.

Utile | 0

Mairead w

University of Limerick, Limerick, Irlande
Relations Internationales, Licence, Erasmus

Frais

Principale source de financement:

Bourse ERASMUS

Autres sources de financement:

Bourse officielle

Opportunités d'emploi:

Je n'ai pas cherché à travailler

Dépenses habituelles

Nightlife is VERY expensive, so people tended to invite people to their home to socialise. Tickets for events were also costly. Fresh vegetables are also expensive.Calling home cost alot, but good internet access offset this.

Téléphone, Vie nocturne:

Plus cher que chez moi

Alimentation, Logement, Général:

Aussi cher que chez moi

Voyager:

Moins cher que chez moi

Accès au matériel scolaire

Livres d'occasion

Appareils d'occasion

Ordinateurs / internet

Démarches administratives

Retrait d'argent

Commentaire personnel

Be very careful to supply a date of leaving to your housing company. You must send them written confirmation at the start of your last month.Many students were charged an extra months rent because they were a few days late in supplying notice of their leaving. The housing system is quite rigid in its application of contracts.

University of Tampere (UTA)

iAgora

Entreprise

Emploi

Études