This presentation was held by Anca Dudau (Romania) and Stoyan Yankov (Bulgaria) for the new exchange students at Law, Psychology and Political Sciences, Aarhus University, within the Introduction Days, 29th August 2012. Please take into consideration that the presentation was made from a personal perspective and some of the tips might be outdated by the time you read it.

1. International students in Aarhus
Anca Dudău, MACC
Stoyan Yankov, MSc Finance

2. Anca Dudău
23, Romania
Full-degree student at BSS
MA Corporate Communication, 2nd year
Erasmus student 2010 - Gent, Belgium
Interests: travelling, outdoors, dancing
Motto: Study hard, party even harder!
anca.dudau@yahoo.com

3. Stoyan Yankov
25 , Bulgaria
Full-degree student at BSS
MSc Finance, Writing Thesis
Interests: film-making, football, socializing
Motto: Greatness is above all – a state of
mind
sto_yan@yahoo.com

4. Agenda
Welcome to Study & jobs
Denmark Social life
Danish culture Travel

5. What were your first impressions when
you arrived in Aarhus, Denmark?

6. First impressions on Denmark

7. Meet the Danes …wow! culture shock
You can read all books about
Danish culture, but the road to a
Danes’ heart starts with a beer.

8. Always make the first step
Approach! Approach! Approach!

9. Get out of the house and meet people
Tuesdays @ StudentHouse Free beer @ Australian Bar Friday bars @ Uniparken
Private parties Concerts Special events

10. Travel on a budget and meet locals

11. It’s not only about fun…

12. Different educational system
- high volume of work before lectures
- focus on scientific methods
- academic writing
- informal communication
- active participation
- various examination methods
- open books exams
- group projects & reports
- oral exams
- 12 hours written paper
- 3, 7 or 10 days assignments
From another
point of view… I disagree
It depends… because...

13. Study @ Library
Borrow a locker (2 weeks/3 months) Study together with your classmates
Book a seat/classroom – booking.asb.dk Have lunch together
Online databases with articles Meet people
Lectures/personal counseling Listen to music

14. Learn Danish…it’s FREE!
better job It’s similar to:
opportunities
integrate among Danes
speaking Danish
outside Denmark is
an advantage
Free courses for 3 years!!
Facebook groups:
Practice Danish in Aarhus
Language Exchange Aarhus

15. Life before…and after the CPR
- Bank account
- Student card
- Telephone contract
- Job
- Doctor (GP)

16. Tips for the first steps
Flea markets (Loppemarked)
www.markedskalenderen.dk Swap markets (Byttemarked)
9 Sept, 10am - KaosPilot
Buy & sell
Bike auctions

17. Facebook groups – use them right!
Rooms to rent:
Lejligheder til salg og leje i Århus “Facebook groups saved my
budget and my social life”
FREE stuff
Gives Bort – Århus
Storskrald i Århus kan du finde her!
Second hand stuff
Buy & Sell “Google Translator and
Google Chrome became
my best friends”
Social
International Students@Aarhus, fall 2012
Studenterhus Århus
CouchSurfing Aarhus – www.couchsurfing.org

18. Part-time jobs
Desk research/interviews
Lindberg International
Junior Consult Student assistants
Be quick!! Cleaning offices,
hotels or flats
ISS, Bioclean
Vikaar Agencies
Hartmanns
Team Vikaren
MatchMind
Dish washers or waiters
Restaurants and Hotels
Warehouses

19. Remember to have fun!
Questions?