Helsinki School of Economics (AALTO UNIVERSITY)

Shared appartments with 3 to 5 rooms. Students residences, where it is really easy to meet new people, both exchange students and Finns. Good way as well to meet students from other schools and universities.

Food: it is more expensive Telephone: only had a mobile phone and no fixed line. Travel: travelled in Russia and Baltic states so it is cheaper. But if you plan to go to Lapland or Stockholm, it will be more expensive than in France.

The school offers 2 formats of courses: courses during all the semester (once or twice a week) and intensive courses (usually lasting 3 weeks). Although the intensive format may be attractive because you attend the class for three weeks and have the exam at the end, be careful not to have too many of these intensive courses at the same time. Indeed, they require the same amount of study (about 20-25 hours teaching + assignments) in a short time.

The school is very flexible and gives opportunity to students to organize their academic year in a very freely way. Very good facilities at school: computers (one of the computer room is open 24h a day, 7 days a week), internet access, many teachers put the slides of their course on a webpage, weekly school newspaper (social and cultural events + information about courses and exams)... Nothing really seems to need improvements!

I have had no big surprise.

Wonderful experience. The teaching at school is great and the student association is even better! Amazingly well organized and events all the time: parties of course, but as well company visits and presentations, sport tournaments, sliding and skiing days, free movies, theater, opera & hockey game tickets at the best prices, cottage week-ends, trips ... Don´t have time to get bored!! Wide range of choices, among all possibilities offered you will for sure find something which will fits you!