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victoria M
Housing
Type of housing: A room exchange
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: A room exchange
Why?
Because I had a great time there. I was living in a corridor with 12 students more, so I could have a lot of new experience and also the chance to know different cultures pretty well.
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Personal comments
I think was perfect. Exchange students were living at Flogsta (neighbourhood 10 min. from Uppsala centrer). It was very nice riding my bycicle everyday and the landscape around the area. Also was a district with an active night time.
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Philippa C
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
As far as I already spoke english and german, it was quite easy to learn swedish, and especially because the hos university provided free swedish lessons. Thus it enabled me to work in pubs and to improve my swedish even more.
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Clodagh H
Housing
Type of housing: Flogsta
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Flogsta
Why?
Flogsta was the place to stay as an international student where you could mix with both Swedes and internationals.
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Personal comments
Even though a a little bit out of the way from downtown Uppsala, Flogsta added to my overall exchange experience.
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julon
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Although the official language of Sweden is, well, swedish, impressingly everybody speaks english. But if I were to go back, I would try to get more contact with Swedes, as we international students tended to keep together
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Ben H
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
The "Gasque" events at the Student Nations are not to be missed! They are like fancy dress balls and take place many times over the year although the Spring-time ones are special. Also the incredible Valborg party around the same time is reason enough to attend Uppsala! Spend lots of time in the Student Nations, but don't overlook the great Cafes around town, especially; "Storkens" and "Cafe Linne".
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Luis B
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Family
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Currrency rate is so nonfavorable for us southerns.
Food is the double in some products three more times.
Telephone is crazy expensive above all when you use public phone, one card of 100KR is useful for less than one week.
I had to buy telephone cards with neverending password codes to call to Spain, and to call even inside Sweden. Maybe Phone was what surprised me the most.
Accomodation is very closed to Madrid
and Milano,
though for the place I was in it was a fair price.
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Food, Telephone, Housing, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Travel:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
No surprises, I was prepared for everything, I m very grateful to my family, without them I had never been there. I spent the Erasmus grant during the first 20 days. It is almost impossible
for southern european to go to the North, meanwhile it is just the opposite for Northerns, they save money in the South thank to EU and Government helps. EU would have to weigh this fact
and help "poors" to balance european
students.In 1999 we were 10,000 students at Carlos III University. Just 35 positions were offered in Business Administration, JUST 180 people applied them (180/10000) 1,8% WHY? because just 180 were sure they had their family to support them and having the english level and required grades.
Being there I spent every month 4 times the spanish interprofessional minimum wage-.......
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