Reviews of Helsingin Liiketalouden Ammattikorkeakoulu | Finland

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Rick S

HES Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Business Studies, 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

Molly Malone's is the best place to meet foreign people. Studio 51 is the best club, and if you manage to find all the right happy hours it's not so expensive after all. The best parties are however given in the student's appartments.

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Rick S

HES Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

Although there wasn't that much space in there I had the time of my life with my flatmates.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

I had to start paying the rent even before I moved into my appartment, costing me an additional 100 euros while not using it!

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Rick S

HES Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Government assistance

Other sources of funding:

Personal savings<br> An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't want/need to work

Personal spending habits

It was a unique experience studying abroad and I did not want to be limited in my behaviour by financial troubles, so I used government support and the Erasmus grant to manage my situation.

Housing, Travel, Nightlife, Food, Overall:

was more expensive than at home.

Telephone:

was the same price as at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

Don't drink too much!

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Rick S

HES Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

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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Rick S

HES Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

not really.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

3

Culture

3

Costs

1

Activities

4

Campus life

1

Party / people

4

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

Although I think the quality of the courses is generally lower than at my home university it is a unique experience studying there. And all the people are very helpful and things are organized very well!

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

3

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

Finland might not be a number one choice of studying, but nobody would regret it when going there. I loved it, you'll love it! Take all the chances you've got to travel to e.g. Stockholm, Russia, Estonia and Lapland!

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Rick S

HES Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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: Did not speak it

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Most Finns are fluent in English so I had no trouble getting around. Even the older people and homeless managed to speak in English, I was surprised by that!

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