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jihanebiotteau
Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel, Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
PLACES
Tuesday nights:Domino/Blaze Club(pub)- Meeting point of any exchange student during the whole year and of some local addicts. Place is nice and dark, music is good thanks to DJ.
Week end: Elohuvi (night club)- Best place to go, this is one of the biggest discos in Finland. Special spot on the upper floor (finnish bands)
Day time: Memphis/Coffee House- Same place for two different concepts, you can find either huge selection of different coffees and good food or amazing coktails. The atmopshere is nice thanks to the music and youth public.
EVENTS
during winter, visits organized by the Student Union (companies, cities, abroad)
several concert on live when the summer comes
1st may: Vappu - a chance to see finnish way of partying
21st june: Juhannus- Celebration of mid summer in the whole country
and do not miss sauna experience all over the year (especially in winter with ice or snow bath)
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Alexandre S
Overall
I wish I had known...
University provides me some informations about finland: not surprise!
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In my opinion:
I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
For students who don't have any problem with multi cultural environment Jyväskylä is a great place where they will enjoy their student place.
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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
University organizes "tutors group" who are taking in charge incoming students. They are used to foreigners and you can learn a lot from them.
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Raoul S
Academic
Course recommendations
Try to find courses with good lecturers (You should aks the local students). I had one course where the lecturer just sad down behind an overhead projector, talking really slowly and even chewing gum while giving the lecture... you should try to avoid such a course :O)
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Just the thing about some lectures which i mentioned in Question 2
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My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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jihanebiotteau
Overall
I wish I had known...
The taxation for excess of luggages at the airport (12euro/kg extra!)
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Amazing and very good organisation: from the arrival of the exchange student to his departure, administration/tutors/teachers take care of him and get him to know and experience through various programs (buddy, host families...) not only the local but international environment.
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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
Being a exchange student is probably one of the most wonderful things one can experience in his whole life. I would warmly recommend this experience to anybody clever enough to appreciate such an experience.
It is although needed to be able to stay far from home and to be responsible, but gives you a great opportunity to become stonger, and to build up and open your mind .
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mc_m10
Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Home university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
After my studies in Jyväskylä, I went to Helsinki to make an internership, and I had a personal flat. There were good and bad points. But any problems with roomnet.
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Personal comments
The bigger was my roomnet, but I think it was been better with an other one.
In generaly accomodation were great espacialy free internet connection.
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Kairika K
Overall
I wish I had known...
no big surprises
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
good range of english courses+nice university staff. In general only good memories
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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
getting to know locals is very hard! clubs were a totally new world for me! you got to see it by yourself!
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