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4.09 / 5 based on 77 reviews

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fodai
Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Staff will be nice with you. Be nice with them and it will be fine.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career

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“Review of HKUST”
Wong S
China,
Management Science, 2023
Overall
Good and useful courses, a lot of them are well desgined. But the grading is very bad.
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Careers
We have a career center to help students find internships. Schools also maintain good relationships with MNCs and other companies, students can find internship as long as they are not very bad.
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Pros
Very good view, and courses are useful for future career. eg. Programming
Cons
A lot of homework, you will feel stressed. Campus is in the rural area

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Giulia T
Academic
Course recommendations
i took 5 courses and it was definetely too much,(high workload, at least 2 midterms,endterm test, presentation, group project and so on) hence i would suggest to take less.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
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fodai
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
Well since you are exploring, you go out more and travel around more. So you spend more... Nightlife and accommodation are of the most expensive in the world. Food can be pretty cheap unless you go to restaurants too often.
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Overall, Housing, Nightlife, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
No real surprises. Bad=accommodation
Good=local food
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Sebastian M
Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
Nice people and a lot of fun!
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Personal comments
Rooms are very dirty and small-very small!
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Sebastian M
Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
great and choose ug1 (is the clostest to the classrooms
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
Not very expensive to travell around Asia=great opportunity
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