Reviews of Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) | Sweden

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Raphael d

EMLYON Business School, Lyon, France
Marketing and Sales Management, 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 Swedish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Swedish

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Did not speak it

How much did you improve your Swedish?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Did not speak it

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

it has been for me the opportunity to improve my english

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Roy B

Universität St. Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Financial Management, Graduate, University Agreement

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 Swedish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Swedish

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 Swedish?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

All courses at the SSE are held in English, so it was no problem. Sweden is a bilingual country - really everybody speaks English. This makes it almost impoossible to learn Swedish.

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Dispersion

University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Economics, Undergraduate, University Agreement

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 Swedish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Swedish

How much did you improve your Swedish?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

In Sweden, everyone speaks english extremely well. Although I took a few Swedish language classes, I never really used it because it was so easy just to speak english to people.

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Gintaras S

Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, CEMS

Academic

Course recommendations

Some of them are really difficult

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

Some courses overlap

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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AUDRIN C

HEC Paris, Paris, France
Financial Management, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

Some Swedish

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

4

Costs

2

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

3

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

An excellent business school

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

3

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

Stockholm is great city to live and study at the same time, and supposodely to work too.

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mindaugass

Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Riga, Latvia
Financial Management, Graduate, International Graduate Program (Master's degree)

Expenses

Main source of funding:

A private grant

Other sources of funding:

Personal savings

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

The price level (for everything) is generally higher than in the Baltic States (i.e. Latvia for instance).

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

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

Housing is rather expensive - expect 3000 at least for a few rooms/room. Minimal monthly budget - app. 7000 SEK. (In Stockholm)

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