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4.16 / 5 based on 574 reviews
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Terhi K
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Activities, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
There were various spots of night life. cafe's in the historical surroundings were my favourite ones.
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victoria M
Overall
I wish I had known...
To take the opportunity to learn from everything.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
For me was one of the best years of my life.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
You have the opportunity to travel around Scandinavia, because communications are very good.
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Martina G
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 mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Favorite night spots: just outside the town, Uppsala is in the middle of nowhere
Best cafe: Varmland Nation
Places: Kiruna, in the northen part of sweden
Events: Valborg, 30th April
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Taranika E
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
It depends on what country you are coming from. you have to convert your money into Swedish kronor.s
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Food, Telephone, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Housing, Travel:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Clodagh H
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
All Swedes who are in university speak fluent or close to fluent English. Any good English speaker will have no problem communicating with the locals and other international students.
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Claire M
Languages
Language of instruction: Swedish
Was learning Swedish a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your Swedish?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
The only problem seemed to be gettting the Swedes to speak in Swedish to me as opposed to English(:
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