Reviews of Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HVA) | Netherlands

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Dominic H

Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Housing

Type of housing: Apartment/House

Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

it was an easy arrangement, otherwise quite hard to find housing in Amsterdam.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

none

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“Chaos because of corona”

Carina d

Netherlands, Undergraduate
Business Studies, 2021

Overall

The course itself is interesting. Although I had to come back from my exchange due to corona. Also tried getting new replacement courses since all the replacement courses they offer are courses that I have already followed. Having a study delay since they can't offer me some courses

Pros

students are nice

Cons

teachers

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“Chaos because of corona”

Carina d

Netherlands, Undergraduate
Business Studies, 2021

Overall

The course itself is interesting. Although I had to come back from my exchange due to corona. Also tried getting new replacement courses since all the replacement courses they offer are courses that I have already followed. Having a study delay since they can't offer me some courses

Pros

students are nice

Cons

teachers

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Ana d

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning English a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my English

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

It was simpy the best experience that I had. I went alone, and I learn how to deal with this and start to meet people, to know places and to do more things independently. My adaptation was pretty fast and I improve my communications skills and the capacity to leave and most important to coexist with different people, culturaly different. Addicionaly I improve my english and I learn spanish.

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“High paces business school with a lot of interesting teachers”

Taylan K

Netherlands,
Business Studies, 2023

Overall

My study was high paced and we had to do a lot of projects and exams (especially in my Finance Major). The teacher were very intelligent and nice. The school has an international environment which gave me the opportunity to make a lot of international friends.

Careers

The school does provide internships.

Pros

They work hard to help the students.

Cons

More people in the office during the vacation period would be nice.

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