Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Trondheim

Welcome new students .... The new life as student in Trondheim.... To find a place to live.... Planning the economy, studies and social life....

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  The new life as a student

  If you are a new student in Trondheim then we can ashure you that you have come to the right place. Coming to a new place and not having your family and old friends around, can be exiting but at the same time lonely. Have patience ! There are lot of people that are, and have been, in the same situation as you. You have now come to an alian enviroment where you will have to feel content so that your studies will go good. Maybe it's the first time you are far away from home and have to manage yourself and take descions by your own ? Its fun having freedom and making own descions. There a lot of things you are going to learn beside your studies in managing your life. You will meet a lot of different people and some of them will become your friends. You will learn to cook and do "the food shoping" that your "mom" and "dad" did at home. You will have a lot of money at your hand and will have to make budgets so that you don't go "broke" at the end of the semester. You have to make descions on what you need and what you dont need to spend money on. All these thing will learn you to solve mysteries of life. This will make you grown up and you will learn what the life really is. Nobody can solve your problems; you have to solve them by your own. We at PSAiT will be glad to help you in solving your problems and meeting your challenges as far as we can. There are some topics that we have listed beneeth that could be of interest and will guide and help you on your way to feel as home in Trondheim with your new friends.

  To find a place to live in Trondheim.

  Student Samskipnaden i Trondheim. has 1200 "hybler" (small appartments) at Moholt and some hundreds at Berg and Steinan. These "hybles" are not so far from NTNU facilities. The closest to NTNU at Gloshaugen (The old NIT/NTH) is Lerkendal and Berg studentby. It takes about 8-10 minutes to walk to the University. Moholt Studentby is best situated for people going to NTNU at Dragvoll. It takes about 20-25 minutes to get to Dragvoll and Gloshaugen from Moholt and Steinan Studenby. You have to be a student in Trondheim and a member of Stundent Samskipnaden i Trondheim to apply for these hybels. In the summer (July-August) SiT draws tickets on who will get the hybels of the new students starting in september. If you are not among the lucky ones, you have to arange a private appartement by your own. It is difficult to get a private hybel shortly before the semester starts in september, because there are thousand of people searching for a place to live at the same time. Therefore its wise to come here some weeks in advance (5-10 August) to arrange an appartement. You can find private appartements in adds in the local paper "Adresseavisen" and maybe SiT at "Gamle Kjemi"(Gloshaugen NTNU) can help you. Psait members will be glad to share their hybels /small apartements (10m2) with you some days during your search for a place to live.

  Planning your economy, studies and social life.

  There is no straight answer to how to plan your economy, studies and the time you should spend on social activities. Everybody is unique and has different needs and goals. We can give you some hints on what we think is important but you have to make your own strategies. Its wise to write down how much you want to spend ein a week, month and smester. What you want to spend the money on and how much you have to spend on each thing. Probably its wise to divide the money you "have to" spend in "elementary" and the money you "just spend" that are "luxary". In the elementery comes things that are essential like house rent, power, telephone, healthy food, other house holdings, study material and voyage expenses. In the luxary we can have anything from "party (junk) food", unessesary voyage expenses (taking the bus when you can walk), cinema visits, restaurant and pizzeria visits, parties, other equipment (CD, TV, Music Deck) etc. It will be difficult to give an estimate of what the expenses wil be, but based on experiences it will probably lie between 3000-4000 for a thin, "namazi" and not social pakistani who lives at the poorest district of Trondheim.

  Since you have managed to come to NTNU, we predict that you are familiar with how to study. A University study is though different from a College/High schol study. Here nobody has the responisbilty for you and nobody will ask you and give you critic. Therefore its important to take and drag your own ear from time to time ! You have to take the responsibility of your study on your own. Its not a bad idea to make a "battle plan" on how much time you can manage and want to afford on your studies. What your goals are and what you want from you studies. How many efficient houres you are going to spend on working, relaxing, sleeping, sports, freetime and on social activites from day to day and in a week for example. After making such a plan you have to be honest and implement it. A plan without implementation is worth nothing. Its important to know that such plans are not static but dynamic and you have to upgrade them from time to time. We hope you will succide. We will remind you that its very difficult to live without social activites and just thinkig of studies. Here you are living alone without your family, and because of that, you will need somebody to talk to from time to time. Its not a bad idea to make some friends who you can have fun together with. The best thing is to find "The Goldan Middle Way" between the studies and the social activities. We hope you will succide in finding the right path.