Reviews of Helsinki School of Economics (AALTO UNIVERSITY) | Finland

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Ondrej C

University of Economics Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Management Science, Graduate, CEMS

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

privacy, lot of space

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

school provided nice and clean, spacious apartments, the quality of housing is good

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Timo

EM Strasbourg Business School, Strasbourg, France
Management Information Systems, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

It is still more convenient and you can meet a lot of people from every nations.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

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Personal comments

The district was awful. It is considered as the place with the highest suicide rate in Finland. Good atmosphere among exchange students. A lot of parties, talks, trips with them. What I really appreciated is that I didn't do anything else than to pick up a location on a paper and the host university found the place. Great!!!

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DARHNAJ M

Groupe ESC Troyes, Troyes, France
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: At ease in most situations
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

The Finnish language is hard to learn almost "impossible" but I made a lot of progress with my english.

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Joanna K

Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland
Business Studies, Graduate, CEMS

Academic

Course recommendations

HSEBA invites a lot of international instructors e.g. John Ladder for Financial Accounting or Randall Powell for HRM which makes the standard or teaching international and just excellent.

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

I highly recommend this school in respect to academic life.

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

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Ségolène V

ESSEC, Paris, France
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Personal savings

Other sources of funding:

Family<br> An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

Finland is a very expensive country: that is why I spent more in food for example. But I live in Paris which is an expensive place as well so the differencce was not that big! I spent more in the travel category because I wanted to discover the country (Lapland, Lakeland) and its region (Russia, Estonia, Sweden)

Food, Overall, Travel:

was more expensive than at home.

Housing, Nightlife, 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

We had a problem with our phone monthly fee, which was more expensive than what we thought

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Anastasia R

St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
Business Studies, Graduate, CEMS

Overall

I wish I had known...

Nothing

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

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

Academic reasons

3

Culture

3

Costs

2

Activities

1

Campus life

1

Party / people

1

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

It was a positive experience, I can recommend this university

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

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

3

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

Join the student union, it is very helpful

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