Reviews of Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) | Finland

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Jaime V

Tec de Monterrey Campus Sinaloa, Culiacán, Mexico
Management Information Systems, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

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

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Well... they are not the best places in the world but there is really no other choice. Friday nights, Iltatähti is the place to be (near university) as most students are there. Saturdays you must go downtown to either Cannibals or Nite Train, but like i said the venues are not the best. If you are here during the autumn semester, DO NOT MISS FINNHITS PARTY, it is the BEST.

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Maria T

St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
Management Science, Graduate, Double-degree program

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: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

If you follow the path developed for exchange students there is no language problems at all- all international officers in the university speak English and you do not need to communicate with anyone, who doesn't. If you will choose more to live not only being an exchange student, then Finnish language text-book will become your everyday friend.

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Yaroslav P

St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
Management Science, Graduate, double degree program

Overall

I wish I had known...

I had all information I need

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

2

Activities

3

Campus life

2

Party / people

2

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

Teach languages in English. It was very hard to understand home tasks, written in Finnish.

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

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

3

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

I like it. Hopefully I can stay here for one more semester.

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Maria T

St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
Management Science, Graduate, Double-degree program

Student life

Describe host city:

Student life dominates the city

Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

If there is an event announced which is happening in Lappeenranta (not inside university), e.g. some band is coming, or birthday of the town is celebrated, and you are hesitating whether to visit it or not - choose TO VISIT, because the next one can happen only in a year :) Joke, of course, but describes well the situation.

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Maria T

St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
Management Science, Graduate, Double-degree program

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

I really enjoyed it!

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

We were very warmly met by tutor, who helped us to solve all important issues. Tutor and office were helping eagerly with all our questions and difficulties. We had several welcoming events, where we were told about Lappeenranta University of Technology, student's life there, Finnish culture.

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giulia m

Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

No i think i had problems like always in your life but everything was so gourgeus and perfect. Maybe the price of food.

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

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

Academic reasons

3

Culture

3

Costs

1

Activities

2

Campus life

2

Party / people

3

Weather / location

1

Personal recommendation

Maybe they should plan some kind of cultural meeting to get know finish students and foreign students.

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

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

3

Final comments

Everything was nice, the most important is the possibility to travel to countries that normally you are not going to travel to, if you live in Spain. Like Russia, Estonia, Sweden etc...

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