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Studying in Scandinavia

Program Information

Copenhagen as your home, Europe as your classroom

Enhance your major, engage and immerse, broaden your horizons, and acquire valuable cross-cultural skills with other motivated, curious, and energetic students from American universities.

Academically Challenging Courses Taught in English

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Provider: DIS - Danish Institute for Study Abroad
Location(s): Copenhagen, Denmark
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Review By:

Kevin D. (Markets & Culture, Southern Methodist University) on December 21, 2011

Overall Rating

Personal Information

* Start Date: 2011-08-22
* End Date: 2011-12-19
How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? None

Review Your Program

* Overall educational experience

Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc.

workload was not as intense as my home institution, but was nonetheless challenging at times.

* Host Country Program Administration

On-site administration of your program

great program, help you integrate into the Danish culture with ease, amazing facilities, beautiful city.

* Housing:

* Food:

very, very, very expensive to eat out, so shopping at the local grocery store was how I ate 99% of the time.

* Social & Cultural Integration:

How integrated did you feel with the local culture?

DIS hosts many social and cultural events throughout the semester that it's hard to pick which ones to attend.

* Health Care:

How well were health issues addressed during the program?

* Safety:

extremely safe city to live in, very easy for girls to walk home alone in the early morning hours and still feel safe.

* Home Institution Advising:

How well did Southern Methodist University prepare and support you for your time abroad?

Finances

* Money: How easily were you able to live on a student's budget?

(1 = not very easy/$200+ on food & personal expenses/week, 2.5 = $100/week, 5 = very easily/minimal cost)

Other Program Information

* Where did you live?

Select all that apply

  • Apartment
  • Dorm
* Who did you live with?

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  • Americans

A Look Back

* What did you like most about the program?
  • the city
  • the business we worked with
  • the cultural integration
* What could be improved?
  • wish I met more locals
* If you could do it all over again, would you choose the same program? Yes
* What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile? absolutely.