Choice, Requirement & Selection!
1 - Choose your favorite universities.
At the end of my second year in La Rochelle, I had to select 7 universities (from my favorite to the last one) where I would like to go in third year between our partner-universities scattered around the world.
The most part in Europe: Croatia(1), Denmark(1), Finland(3), Germany(5), Latvia(1),Poland(1), Spain(4), Sweden(1), United Kingdom(3).
And some outside Europe: China (1), Mexico (2), Russia (1), Taiwan (1), USA (5).
If you want more information about the universities concerned, please feel free to send me an email, I will answers you as soon as possible.
2 - Student Condition to be an Exchange Student
As stipulate above, to have the opportunity to study abroad, our school’s program have some conditions that the student has to fulfil.
First of all, in order to get an English speaker country, we need to pass theTOEFL ( An Independent company that provides a popular english test) and approve it. (Most of the universities as Helsinki Business School) ask for a certain TOEFL mark. The TOEFL is between 0 and 120 points devised in four (reading, speaking, listening, writing), the minimum to achieve it is 70 and for example some universities can require 80, 89! So Better you score is, most you chance to integrate all the university is large.
It’s not easy, difficult to have a place and the cost is quite expensive (200 €), so better be prepared because if you fail it or you go in Spanish speaker university or you try to do it again or you stop your study one year (allowed).
The same things happen with a Spanish speaker university however the advantage is that the test is not the same, you can do it through the school.
Second things and last is to approve your exams therefore your second year. Moreover, better your grade is, more easier you can reach your objective of university because the place in each one are limited.
When you have done it and you know your affectation, let’s go. For my part, I had my second choice, Helsinki Metropolia Business School (My first was Oxford Brookes University), I was and I am satisfied.
First of all, in order to get an English speaker country, we need to pass theTOEFL ( An Independent company that provides a popular english test) and approve it. (Most of the universities as Helsinki Business School) ask for a certain TOEFL mark. The TOEFL is between 0 and 120 points devised in four (reading, speaking, listening, writing), the minimum to achieve it is 70 and for example some universities can require 80, 89! So Better you score is, most you chance to integrate all the university is large.
It’s not easy, difficult to have a place and the cost is quite expensive (200 €), so better be prepared because if you fail it or you go in Spanish speaker university or you try to do it again or you stop your study one year (allowed).
The same things happen with a Spanish speaker university however the advantage is that the test is not the same, you can do it through the school.
Second things and last is to approve your exams therefore your second year. Moreover, better your grade is, more easier you can reach your objective of university because the place in each one are limited.
When you have done it and you know your affectation, let’s go. For my part, I had my second choice, Helsinki Metropolia Business School (My first was Oxford Brookes University), I was and I am satisfied.
3 - Why Finland ?
- A beautiful country with beautiful landscape near of some very interesting countries to visit such as Russia, Estonia and Sweden.
- Finland has a famous and strong reputation abroad for their education system for example in 2009, they were third in PISA ranking over 65 countries compared. The ranking is available here.
- I wanted to try a new way of learning based on learn and work by yourself more than spent time in class. Indeed you have much more work to do at home and less class than in France.
- Different from the others countries were I have already been. To have the opportunity to go in a Nordic Country is important, you will learn about the culture and you wil be able to make business easier if you are prepared and you know them.