Reviews of NHH (NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICSNHH) | Norway

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Stephan D

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Management Science, Graduate, CEMS

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning English a key decision factor?

No, it wasn't.

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

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

Norwegian is rather easy to learn for German speakers and people are so happy when they see that you try to speak their language

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Stephan D

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Management Science, Graduate, CEMS

Academic

Course recommendations

The courses were dissapointing for me. Teaching method in Norway seems to be very old fashioned. They seem to be concerned only with theory rather than practical application. You will learn by heart a lot of models, your own opinion is not relevant for exams

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

More case studies and higher focus on practical issues. E.g. marketing teacher don't know a lot about real life business. They were always surprised about company examples as they never heard of such cases.. rather poor for a professor

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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Stephan D

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Management Science, Graduate, CEMS

Expenses

Main source of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Other sources of funding:

Family

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

Prices in Norway are very very high! If you want to have a luxurious life, you better bring a lot of money

Nightlife, Telephone, Food, Travel, Overall:

was more expensive than at home.

Housing:

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

Use the local Lidl store for shopping: it is the cheapest. Alcohol is very expensive, so better brinf the allowed ampount from home. Quit smoking or bring the allowed amount from home.. a pack is about 8 €

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Stephan D

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Management Science, Graduate, CEMS

Overall

I wish I had known...

That the courses in marketing are not very good. I suggest to choose from financial courses and/or macroeconomics

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

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

Academic reasons

2

Culture

4

Costs

2

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

3

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

NHH is a nice place with nice professors. However marketing courses are far better at my home university

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

4

Experienced a change in life

3

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

Bergen and Norway are beautiful places. A trip to the Fjords by ship or the famous Norway-in-a-nutshell trip (one-day trip by boat, train and bus starting from bergen)are worth doing. Constant hiking is very recommended: Bergen is not so much a big city than a nice and beautiful location for hikers etc. Norwegians are very nice people who i never experienced as being cold-hearted or difficult to get to know (typical prejudices about scandinavians)

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