Reviews of Tampereen Ammattikorkeakoulu | Finland

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Monika S

Fachhochschule Brandenburg, Potsdam, Germany
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Student life dominates the city

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

There are many places in the city where you find a lot of exchange students. For example Cafe Europe is very famous with exchages. Koti bar is one of my favourites. Its very homely - koti means home in finish- and there are also a lot of finish people there. There are a lot of night clubs. Some good, some bad ones,but that always depends on what someone prefers.

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Monika S

Fachhochschule Brandenburg, Potsdam, Germany
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Independently - My choice

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

I would go to the same place I have been again. There were a lot of students living in the same building and this made it much easier to meet new people and socialize.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

TOAS is the organization which helps students to find a flat in one of their buildings. In the building where I live I share a kitchen with all the people on the same floor, which are around 30. The advantage is that you meet people easily and there is always someone to talk to. The disadvantage is that it is not always as clean in the kitchen as I would like it to be - but thats of course not easy with so many people shareing one kitchen.

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Monika S

Fachhochschule Brandenburg, Potsdam, Germany
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

Personal savings<br> Government assistance<br> An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

I spend more money on food, as the prices are higher in Finland than in Austria, especially on fruits and vegetables. Furthermore, in Austria I went home every weekend and then I did not have to buy any food myself at all. I spend more money on going out, as I just have more time to go out and from an academical point of view I am not at all as busy as I usually am in Austria. I also thought this exchange semester would be a good time to travel around. Overall, including my journey back home via France and Germany to visit friends, I will have been to 8 different countries within 5 months.

Nightlife, Food, Travel, Overall:

was more expensive than at home.

Housing:

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

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

For buying food you should go to "LIDL". Although fruits and vegetables are much cheaper there, the quality is much better at any other store. I decided to live a bit healthier and therefore spend more money on proper fruits/vegetables. You can get every kind of discounts when you go travelling, so make sure you have a student card!

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Monika S

Fachhochschule Brandenburg, Potsdam, Germany
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

Try to choose courses which are mandatory for the finish students. Others are hardly visited by finish students which makes it more difficult to interact with them.

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

Choose the courses carfully and try to ask finish students first what they know about the teacher and the course in general.

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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Monika S

Fachhochschule Brandenburg, Potsdam, Germany
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

No, not really. I talked to students who have been there before, so I guess I was pretty good informed.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

3

Culture

4

Costs

1

Activities

3

Campus life

2

Party / people

4

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

Make sure you chose the courses carefully!

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

1

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

2

Final comments

You can go to Riga, Tallinn and Stockholm really easily and cheap! Don´t miss that chance! There are also organized trips to Russia, which are all in all not really expansive at all...it´s a good opportunity to see St. Petersburg or Moscow.

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Monika S

Fachhochschule Brandenburg, Potsdam, Germany
Business Studies, 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 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: At ease in most situations

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

After having been for one year in England before, my level of English was very good. As the finish people speak very good English, I thought it would be good to go to another country than England where the level of English is very good. Unfortunatley during my stay I spent most of the time with other exchanges whos English I thought was not that good. Therefore I feel that my skills acutally worsened.

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