Reviews of Uppsala Universitet (UU) | Sweden

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Megan L

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Biochemistry, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Housing

Type of housing: Dorm-style apartment

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Probably the same place

Why?

It's pretty much the best place to meet people.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

It's hard to find a place on your own, but the host university arranges for you. I live in Flogsta, fairly close to town and to school. You've got your own bathroom(which secures your privacy) but you also share a kitchen and TV area with 11 others. You get to meet lots of interesting people. I liked it.

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anonymous

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I worked during my study abroad experience

Personal spending habits

Accommodation:I live at my parent´s home in my home country. Travel:I travelled more in Sweden than I use to do in a whole year in my home country. This is because everything that is different attracts you more. Overall:travelling and accommodation are important spending facts.

Overall, Travel, Housing:

was more expensive than at home.

Nightlife, Food, Telephone:

was the same price as at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

In general everything is very expensive. Sweden has very loud taxes.

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Philippa C

EMLYON Business School, Lyon, France
Management Science, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

No

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

2

Activities

2

Campus life

3

Party / people

3

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

This is a great university to go. The management courses were very interesting. I think that it is very important to live on the campus, with swedish and international students

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

2

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

4

Final comments

Uppsala is nice because it is a student town, but also because it is very close to Stockholm, thus it is very easy to travel from this city. But it is important to go there with personal saving, to travel and take advantage of all that the student live provides in Uppsala.

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arnaud c

KEDGE Business School, Bordeaux, France
Financial Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

you have to go at least one year. One semester is not enough to dosciver everything and really get in the culture.

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

2

Activities

2

Campus life

3

Party / people

3

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

It depends on what you look for. Sun and warm weather is not really common there. If you want to discover Sweden and Scandinivia, go there! That is what i wanted to do.

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

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

2

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

Travel a lot i regret i didn't have time to do it. Enjoy it! That's all!

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Elena G

LUISS, Rome, Italy
Economics, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

I personally chose courses from the Faculty of Economics and Business: such courses are much better than those at the Faculty of Political Science

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

It would be nice to discuss final exams (which are written) with the teacher, because during the time available for such tests you don't always have the opportunity to fully express your own ideas.

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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Irune Y

ESTE - Deusto, San Sebastian, Spain
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

Information is important but the university sent us a brochure to know a little bit more about the housing, the student life, the university. No more needed. As well we had information from other students of our home university that were in Uppsala a year before. Very well organized.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

3

Culture

3

Costs

3

Activities

3