Jyvasklya Student Village vs. KOAS Housing

[noahkapoa007]

Hello All,

I am moving to from Canada to Jyvaskyla and am now applying for student housing. I am not sure of the differences in terms of student culture behind the respective dorms. While I understand that there are differences in room sizes, design, pricing and location (on campus vs. off) what are the pros or cons to living in either the student village or the KOAS areas. I ask this because the On campus residences usually have more strictly enforced rules while the off campus does not, at least in my Canadian university experience.

Thanks in Advance

N

[Eliss]

Hello,
In Finland it's not common to have really "on-campus" living at all - and not really any "housing rules" for students. In all blocks (private-student-city apartments) they normally have house rules that "quiet time" is ~23-06 and you can not store bikes on hallway etc, but these really are not different in students apartments and may differ house to house. In Kortepohja student villages there is lot of students (really? ) and really most of the people living there are students. But it really depends on your luck if your neighbors are always partying or quiet as Helsinki city center at summer night (not even a ghost to see). There is also family apartments for students and children etc in Kortepohja.
KOAS has blocks around the city, they are quite often located next to blocks owned by the city. So in KOAS you may have more varied neighborhood and some KOAS apartments are in really nice areas, but then there is few area where I personally would not care so much.. But if you think safety aspects, Jyväskylä is still quite small, Finnish city, so it's safe at all.
But answer is maybe, that in housing rules there is no differences. Hope this help you!