Reviews of Haskoli Islands | Iceland

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reneb

Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
History, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

To dare more.

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

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

Academic reasons

2

Culture

4

Costs

2

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

2

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

Small university with good course programmes and tachers who studied also abroad.

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

3

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

3

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

One advice: contact the Icelandic Office of International Education. You will find all the tips you need.

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rune

Norwegian School of Management BI, Oslo, Norway
Business Studies, Graduate, University Agreement

Overall

I wish I had known...

Perhaps the language!

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

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

Academic reasons

2

Culture

3

Costs

1

Activities

4

Campus life

2

Party / people

4

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

Nice people and structured courses! If you like written assignment during a course, Icelandic studies is something for you!

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

Became familiar with another culture

2

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

2

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

2

Final comments

Iceland is different and it is fun! Bring warm clothes and enough money. Travel as fast as you can if you are going fallsemester, cause snow comes early and roads get closed.Be social and just have fun!

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Francisco M

Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio, Madrid, Spain
Telecommunications, 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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations

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

At the beggining it´s quite difficult to express yourself in english. But in a few weeks you can talk fluent english with no problem. The Icelandic it´s different because for people that talk a latin languaje (like me) it´s very difficult to talk fluent Icelandic. But I think that, in one year I would start to talk without feeling shy.

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Florian K

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

There is a class called "economic development and globalization". Also it is a lot of reading and pretty expensive, because of the Harvard Business Cases, the most interessting, interactive and diverse course I had in Iceland

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

The course Iclandic 1 should perhaps have a closer focus on the linguistic needs of foreign students.

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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Daniela S

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

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

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Nightlife in Reykjavík is really crazy! So if you want to spend your weekends with going out - definitly a good choice. But if you're more into travelling or sightseeing or enjoying the nature Iceland is even more definitly the right choice for you... It's an amazing country - I enjoyed it a lot...

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veerle v

Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
Literature, Graduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: A room exchange

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: A room exchange

Why?

it was so cool to live together with other international students. We mostly lived there with 5, sometimes 8, so there was mostly somebody around to have fun with

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

Well, my landlord was a difficult man, but in general it was okay. You also had a lot of possibilities offered by university