I am taking four courses at Åbo Akademi (Swedish grammar, Danish, Translation from Swedish into Russian, Practice of Swedish) and a course of Finnish for foreigners at the University of Turku. I also do a language exchange with two students and train at a sports hall. Next week, on Monday, I am moving to a new address. Вкратце о моих делах в ( Read more... )

I have been admitted to two obligatory courses of three. Now I have the Danish language and Swedish Grammar. I could not get into the course in Norwegian, but maybe it will be better so, because I will not mix Danish with Norwegian. I also signed up for a Finnish course at the University of Turku. In the morning I was at the dentist's and had a ( Read more... )

Here is a summary of my life from the beginning of September: from Finland to Sweden and back.Приехал в Турку вечером 31 августа. 1 сентября я зарегистрировался в Åbo akademi и снял комнату на месяц, а 2 сентября был на встрече с преподавателями факультета. Мне сказали, что мое российское образование заcчитать нельзя, поэтому надо проходить всю ( Read more... )

Сегодня утром я вернулся в Турку. Сходил в Åbo Akademi. На большинство курсов семестра записываться уже поздно. Продолжу писать завтра. Today I have returned to Turku ( Read more... )

Решил отказаться от Åbo Akademi и ехать на учебу в Швецию. Отплываю вечером на пароме в Стокгольм.Today I attended the first meeting of students of the Swedish language programme. After that I talked with the professor, who is charge of our studies. She told me that they can count for the programme only a few general courses that I did in Russia. ( Read more... )

I have registered at Åbo Akademi and got a temporary room from the student union. It costs 210 euro per month.Снова сижу в городской библиотеке. Компьютер руссифицирован, поэтому пишу по-русски ( Read more... )

Приехал сегодня в Турку (Финляндия). Я поступил в местный университет, но жилья для меня пока нет. Сегодня буду ночевать в хостеле.I am writing this from the central public library in Turku, Finland ( Read more... )

It is still uncertain where I am going to study. In Sweden (Uppsala University) there is an acute housing shortage, while in Finland (Åbo Akademi) I have easily booked a room. I cannot apply for the residence permit to Sweden either, because it will take too long for bank statements to arrive from abroad. Отправляться на учебу надо в конце августа ( Read more... )

In addition to Åbo Akademi in Finland, I have also been admitted to study Swedish at Uppsala University. Now I must choose one of these universities, therefore I'll appreciate your advice. On the photo you see Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in Peace and Conflicts studies at Uppsala University from the ( Read more... )

I have been admitted to study the Swedish language at Åbo Akademi. It is the only Swedish-language university in Finland and is located in Turku, the old capital of the country. I have been admitted for the bachelor programme (3 years), because I missed the application deadline for the master programme (2 years). The Admissions office told me that ( Read more... )