Reviews of Jyväskylän Yliopisto (JYU) | Finland

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Alexandre S

Université Panthéon-Sorbonne: Paris I, Paris, France
Accountancy, Graduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

If some courses you are interested in and they are not available in english, ask to the teachers, most of the time they try to make you pass the course through "book examination".The reading material available is really good usually and quite interesting.

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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Abigail A

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
Business Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Overall

I wish I had known...

No, i had enough info before going there

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

2

Costs

3

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

3

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

Pretty nice university, exellent teachers and facilities!!! Wonderful!!

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

4

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

It´s been the most amazing experience of my life. I really encourage to study abroad, you´ll love it!!!

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CLAUDIA M

Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: On campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

i had the chance for living together with finnish people and eramus ones.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

It was a big student campus very close to the university and to the city center. It was clean and provived of supermarket, basket camp, saunas and so on.

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Nuno F

Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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: 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

Regarding to the language of my host country i was just able to learn basic phrases and not to communicate fluently. In contrary, when i went to study abroad i was already able to speak fluently the language of instruction.

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jihanebiotteau

Université Jean Moulin: Lyon III, Lyon, France
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Government assistance

Other sources of funding:

Family<br> Personal savings

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

Daily expenses are always more expensive than in France, and the country is under taxation for special goods (alcohol). Transportation and cinema are also expensive, but you can get a discount with the student card.

Food, Travel, Overall, Nightlife:

was more expensive than at home.

Housing, Telephone:

was less expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

free internet access inside the rooms of the student village (good to have a computer) financial surprise: difficult to find a job as the same time as studying

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Raoul S

Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Was learning English a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my English

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)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

The local language, Finnish, is an extremely difficult language to learn. I participated in two beginner courses, which gave me the ability to communicate in basic phrases and to continue learning by talking to locals.

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