Reviews of Aarhus Universitet (UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS) | Denmark

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Giang P

Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Financial Management, Graduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: A room exchange

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: With a family

Why?

because I would discover more culture and traditions of the country. For instance, during the Christmas holiday, I was alone in my dormitory because other students came home to celebrate Christmas with their family. If I was housing with a family, I would have the atmosphere of Christmas and its traditions.

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Ha H

Masarykova Univerzita V Brne, Brno, Czech Republic
Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: Danish

Was learning Danish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Danish

How much did you improve your Danish?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

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Personal comments

I used English most of the time (Danish is impossible to learn in 10 months' time) so yeah, I had plenty of practice :o)

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Giang P

Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Financial Management, Graduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Student life dominates the city

Nightlife, Travel, Activities: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

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Personal comments

Events not to be missed: Aarhus Festival (end of August), Aarhus cultural night (end of October) and Santa Claus' Parade on the main street of shopping (Gaagade) (beginning of December) Places not to be missed: Den Gamle By (The Old Town) at Christmas, The Deer Park and The Moesgaard forest and beach

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“Ok University, Boring city, Racist country”

LAPU

France, Other courses
, 2024

Overall

I have travelled a lot and studied abroad for my Bachelors (France and Germany), Masters (The Netherlands, Leiden) and PhD (Belgium, Brussels). Then arrived in Aarhus for a postdoc and it's the only time I regret studying abroad. European citizens are not welcome in Denmark. Copenhagen is very open minded but Aarhus (and the rest of the country which is not the capital city) is not. It's a very car-centred city, and all the clichés you heard about Denmark are false outside of Copenhagen. Coming here was a bad decision.
PS. The winters are loooong.

Pros

The University is well ranked

Cons

The Law Faculty is a disaster and the staff work with exagerated Danish shifts (from 8:00 to 14:00)

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Jenia K

Université Panthéon-Sorbonne: Paris I, Paris, France
Business Studies, Undergraduate, 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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
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

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Personal comments

It was a bit confusing not to understand danish, but everybody there speaks perfect English so I could easily communicate with everybody.At the campus English was the official language because there were a lot of international students.At the University a lot of the subjects were offered in English.

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Leticia M

Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
Communication and Information Sciences, Graduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Student life dominates the city

Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

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

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Personal comments

When I was in Aarhus, I liked to go out on tuesday to the exchange students meeting at Studenterhus. Exchange students usually went out on friday to the social club, and we did a lot of parties at home. There are a lot of cafes in aarhus to take some drinks and they organize activities like quiz.

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