Wageningen University: Meet Derek and Roy
Deli Pan – known to his Dutch friends as Derek – and Weizhi He – AKA Roy – are both Master's students in environmental science at Wageningen University. They're both a long way from home, but, says...
View ArticleEindhoven University of Technology: Meet Hrishikesh Salunkhe
Hrishikesh Salunkhe is a PhD student studying Embedded Systems. Originally from just outside Mumbai, India, this 25-year-old now finds himself living in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Why? Because, he...
View ArticleEindhoven University of Technology: Facts & Figures
Though the Eindhoven University of Technology was set up in June 1956 as Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven (a technical college), it’s official opening – with Queen Juliana – wasn’t until the following...
View ArticleDelft and Amsterdam Universities voted worst in Holland
Dutch university students have spoken... and they say Holland's worst universities are the Delft University of Technology, the University of Amsterdam (UvA), and VU University Amsterdam.The Keuzegids,...
View ArticleTilburg University: Facts & Figures
Tilburg University, located in Tilburg in the southern part of the Netherlands, specialises in the social sciences (especially economics) and law.The school dates back to 1927, though it was originally...
View ArticleTilburg University: Meet Akash Arasu
Akash Arasu has lived in many countries, but right now this 21-year-old calls the Netherlands home. Specifically Tilburg, where he’s an economics undergraduate at Tilburg...
View ArticleTU Delft: Facts & Figures
King William II of the Netherlands founded the Royal Academy of Delft on January 8, 1842. The school was designed to educate civilian engineers and trade apprentices, many of whom would go on to work...
View ArticleTU Delft: Meet Chris Watson
American Chris Watson has started eating stroopwafels – a traditional Dutch cookie – for breakfast. Why? Because he loves them. Oh, and because he now lives in the Netherlands where he’s a master’s...
View ArticleDutch and foreign students: working together, socialising separately
"We work well together, but they are different." So say Dutch students about their foreign peers. And they're talking about a sizable group: there are over 30,000 foreign students enrolled at...
View ArticleAmsterdam 36th best city for students
Amsterdam has come in at number 36 in the top 50 student cities in the world. The first-ever study of education quality and student lifestyle in university cities shows Paris in the lead, closely...
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