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Social Life My social life in Denmark is probably the part I miss the most. International students by nature are out to have a good time. They are usually friendly and motivated to meet people, sightsee, travel and, of course, go to parties. The cellar bar at DTU has international night every Tuesday and the Studenter Huset in central Copenhagen has international night every Wednesday. There are countless options in Copenhagen for going out to hear music, dance, or just to have a few beers. My time in Denmark has changed my life. I made lifelong friendships in Denmark and at DTU with people from around the globe, from as far north as Norway to as far south as Australia. I have gained a new perspective on the world by living outside of the US for a year and a half. I feel like more of a global citizen than just an American citizen. This experience has inspired me to pursue a career in environmental engineering in the international arena. 16
About my stay in Denmark and studies at the DTU. By Gregory Neethling, South Africa First of all I would like to say a few words about how I got to know about the DTU, my impressions of the institution and some general information. I got to know about the DTU on the World Wide Web. Due to personal ties in Denmark I was looking for a university here where I could take a few courses to finish my Electrical Engineering. Well, - I stumbled across the DTU's web-site and was amazed by the amount of courses offered in English. Immediately I emailed one of the lecturers to see if it would be possible for me to attend his course. Ones again I was amazed by the prompt reply I already got the next day and he put me in contact with the international office. They greeted me with great efficiency and speed. It was not long from there and I was on my way to Denmark. I found that this efficiency is also noticeable in the way the courses are directed. The courses (well, at least the ones I took) are very well planed and structured with a details lecture-plan for the whole semester. The lecturers hardly or never stray from these lecture-plans. This means that the students know exactly where they are in the course at any time. Every course has it's own web-site where you can find up to date info on what is happening in the course. Furthermore I found that if you have any problems or questions you can quite comfortably go to the lecturer or simply email him/her and you'll get a very fast reply. There is also a very relaxed relationship between the lecturers and students, for example everything is on a first name bases. Now something about how I see life in Denmark and the Danish Society.I have some experience with Danish social events, like Christmas, birthday parties, farewell parties, etc. First of all the Danes love to sing, they will take melodies of old songs, put their own words to it and sing it around the table at parties. This is more for round-birthdays, but quite often it happens at other parties too. My girlfriend and I were invited to a party at a big 17 "Kollegium" in Copenhagen, which was a strange but educational experience for me. The first thing they do is to split all the couples up and placed them at different tables. I heard this is a Danish thing in order for the people to socialise with strangers at the party. Here after the people from all the different tables got together in small groups to make a song. At the party, just after the speeches, every table got a chance to sing their song and the best one got a prize. Well, this was pretty strange to me, but nice to have something different at a party. Christmas is also celebrated very big in Denmark. The Danes celebrate Christmas over a few days and prepare for it a month before. A very nice custom they have at Christmas is to hold hands, dance around the Christmas tree and sing carols. When it comes to private dinners in Denmark, prepare yourself for sitting around the table for a long time eating and drinking and I when I say a long time I mean for hours and hours. The Danes have a very egalitarian society. They share the belief that everyone should be equal, male – female and rich – poor. This is a great thing, to give everybody an equal chance in life and keep discrimination to a minimum. The Danish women are very conscious about their rights and position in the society and therefore you'll see a lot of women in top positions at Danish companies. The Danes in general have a very open-minded society in all aspects of life. For example, they are very open about their sexuality, in fact there are no or very little taboos in Denmark. Nevertheless be extremely careful about disobeying the everyday rules, such as not walking when the light is red, not cycling without lights after dark, paying for the train/bus every time, etc. Here everybody adheres to the rules to keep up the high standard of living. Most of the Danish people have no problem speaking English, so everyday communication is no problem to make the foreigner's life mush easier. I find Denmark a very nice and friendly place and will recommend it to any foreign student who is looking for a country to study abroad.
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