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3.90 / 5 based on 81 reviews
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Olaf M
Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Definitely you will have to go to Lan Kwai Fong. Fridays and Saturdays...that's the place to go. All the international and Westerner go there to drink, dance and socialize. It is also a great opportunity to get to now some big business men. However, the prices for alcohol are unbelievably high for a student. Definitely go and check out the bar Stormy Weather.
Another place to go is Wanchai, Carnegies. Go there on a Wednesday night - it's ladies night. A very crazy place.
If you like it more quiet but still want to party a bit, you should go either to happy valley, which is more localized or go to Soho.
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Olaf M
Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
I miss my privacy. I am lucky to have a single room but sharing a bathroom with another person that has other cleanliness standards is not my case.
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Personal comments
The University of Hong Kong offers a wide range of different accomodation possiblities for students. The supply is really amazing. Our student halls are also provided with gyms, 7eleven, great traffic access and some have cantines. However, the house regulations are quite strict according to exchange students.
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Michael M
Overall
I wish I had known...
The Chinese were not as welcoming as I had imagined, very busy and dirty city.
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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
Good for the international experience.
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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
Stay on campus if you want to study only and focus on only that.
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thomas w
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
I spent more on traveling cause I traveled more! as easy as that. partying is as expensive as in europe. local food is really cheap, u can get full meals for 2 euro! if u are fed up with chinese food there is lot of quality western food, but more expensive
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Food, Overall, Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing, Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Travel:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
books are really cheap cause u get the internatinal version, all facilities are state of the art, a lot is free in HK, transport is very convinient and cheap
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thomas w
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: either appartment or starr hall
Why?
appartment is nice for privacy and parties, hall life is exciting as well in starr and in the 3 new halls are many other exchange students
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Personal comments
the option to life in a hall is very cheap, mostly u got to share a small room though and rules are quiet restrictive but for sure consider it if u are there for just a semester! u get faster involved and it's worth the experience
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Olaf M
Overall
I wish I had known...
I should have known more about typical Chinese people. However, I used to live in Singapore for five years, but the Hong Kong chinese can obviously more rude and unfriendly at times. Just be more cautious and aware of that. Chinese can be backstabbers.
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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
The University is great. It offers everything to students to make themselves feel comfortable. Cafe, shops, bank etc. on campus. Furthermore, the university has a great and huge library.
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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
Hong Kong is a great place. All in all, it is exciting and you have access to all other travel places like China ie. Xian Terra Cotta, The Great Wall, Shanghai, Guanzhou and other countries like Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. All travel packages booked from Hong Kong are very affordable and cheap.
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