Reviews of Jyväskylän Yliopisto (JYU) | Finland

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Abigail A

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

Student life

Describe host city:

Student life dominates the city

Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Travel, Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Some night clubs Tabasco and Gigglin Marlin, best restaurant Amarillo, Sokos for shopping...

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Anton N

KNURE, Kharkov, Finland
Computer Science / IT, Graduate, University Agreement

Housing

Type of housing: On campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

near all other students

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

it is pretty good

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Anna G

Uniwersytet Lódzki, Lodz, Poland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: On campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

A lot of other students...

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

Pretty good...

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Zafeira G

Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece
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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Most people speak fluent english, which helped to improve english as a foreign language

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anonymous

University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines
Chemistry, Graduate, Master's Degree in Renewable Energy

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Personal savings

Other sources of funding:

none

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

The cost of living here in Finland is really high as compared with Philippines

Travel, Food, Nightlife, Overall, Housing, Telephone:

was more expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

The cost of living is very high and finding a part time job is really difficult if you can't speak finnish, the language barrier is very high. Mostly jobs posted are in finnish.

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icis

Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Computer Science / IT, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't want/need to work

Personal spending habits

More active in general. More things=more expenses. Telephone is free within campus. Called home only once a week: great use of email, instead.

Housing, Overall, Nightlife, Travel:

was more expensive than at home.

Food:

was the same price as at home.

Telephone:

was less expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Second-hand bedding

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

No.

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