Reviews of Høgskolen i Oslo | Norway

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Susanne P

Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz (FH), Görlitz, Germany
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Other

Other sources of funding:

Personal savings<br> An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

Norway is in comparison to Germany (and most other countries) a lot more expensive.

Overall, Nightlife, Housing, Travel, Telephone, Food:

was more expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

If you travel in Norway, you get almost always a student discount - even though the personal at the train stations is not always aware of that - fight for it!

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Susanne P

Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz (FH), Görlitz, Germany
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

The work within the whole semester is pretty much (readings, term paper, projects, presentations,...)- don't take too much

My academic experiences

Quality of courses

Variety of courses

Access to resources

Interaction with teachers

Interaction with international students

Interaction with local students

Personal comments

none

My opinion of the university assessment

Exams at end of course

Exams throughout the course

Essays and/or projects at the end of course

Essays and/or projects throughout the course

Overall

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Susanne P

Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz (FH), Görlitz, Germany
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

No, I was actually well informed.

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

4

Culture

2

Costs

2

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

3

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

It's a university with good academical standards that leaves still time to traval and experience life!Teachers and International office are very interested in mixing the international with Norwegian students.

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

I enjoyed my stay very much - so I extended my stay from one semester to tow (and so did several others!)!!! I did not have much problems, but if there are ever once, just contact the international office - they help with guarantee!

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Susanne P

Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz (FH), Görlitz, Germany
Business Studies, Graduate, 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

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

In school English was the only language I used. Most of the Norwegian speak quiet well English, so communication thin the country is no problem. On the other side, this situation didn't force me too often to use and improve my Norwegian.

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Susanne P

Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz (FH), Görlitz, Germany
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

Oslo is in terms of costs for housing extremly expensive. To pay a privat accomondation is almost impossible. Therefor the student residence halls are the only once affordable for exchange students.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

To live in the students recidence halls maens to share kitchen, shower and toillett with 13 to 17 other people, with is not as bad as it might sound.It's often a good mix of local and exchange students

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Susanne P

Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz (FH), Görlitz, Germany
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

A party starts in Norway with a so called "Vorspiel", with is a gethering of friends at the place of one of them to start drinking (in bars, discos,...everything is expensive-you can't afford too much!). On Thurthday nights is the little weekend - big Party in the Campus club!

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