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Anastasiosyal
Overall
I wish I had known...
I wish i knew the Dutch language! I would have had a better job and I would have been better off...
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
It is a great University! It has friendly staff, very cooperative, many student activities and student organisations to join.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
Do not close up to yourself. Try to open yourself and accept a different culture to the one you are used to. If not you will only manage to put a negative phychology on yourself and you will get homesick very quickly!
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twistyc
Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Although living on campus is a great way to meet people, living on campus is mainly with other international students. I would like to get out into 'society' and integrate with Dutch people.
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Personal comments
I stayed at the UCU in Utrecht. It was a nice campus, a lot of green space, right in between the city center and the University. It was a nice way to meet people, but it was very expensive compared to other places within Utrecht.
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“A study that has fulfilled all my wishes and more”
Asli N
Turkey,
Economics, 2023
Overall
My Bachelor's was in Economics and Business Economics, and I cannot explain how well fitting it was to my dreams and ambitions for my future career. After having completed both Economics and Business as a course in A Levels, I have always wanted to pursue both the subjects and Utrecht University allowed just that.
With most mandatory courses being more weighed on an Economics perspective we had a wide range of options to choose from for our selective courses within both Economics and Business. It was honestly the best of both worlds. I have weighed most my selective courses on Entrepreneurship, strategy, marketing and innovation as well as public sector economics.
But it did not end just there. We were allowed to pick from four different dedicated minors which adds upto 45/180 of our credits being for our minor alongside our thesis also having to be about the dedicated minor with that being an extra 15 credits. I was lucky enough to pick my minor in the field of Law which provided us with courses based on EU and International law and corporate/consumer/market law alongisde the economic view of law.
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Pros
Wide and diverse range of courses
Cons
More internship opportunities
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Ivana B
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before:
My level after:
How much did you improve your the local language?
My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
the fact that the dutch language was not the teaching language at my university, it made it difficult for me to learn it. However, I took the dutch classes. The additional difficulty that restrained the learning process of the dutch language was the big difference of the latter with my native language (serbo-croatian) as well as all other foreign languages i speak.
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Ester C
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel, Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Well, is quite hard to remember names but here there are some advices: If you really want to meet other international students, go to Mick O'connells pub. it's also pretty interesting to ask for a mentor form the ESN organitzation, so normally they are local students that can show you quite interesting places to visit as inform you of a lot of parties to join in.
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twistyc
Overall
I wish I had known...
At least some basics of the Dutch language (although I survived fine without knowing too much).
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
This was the best 6 months of my life. Get involved with things, go out and meet people, take classes with Dutch people...you will not regret it if you study here! It is such a beautiful city and country and there is a lot to do and the people are great.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
Do things with the ESN group there, get a mentor...its a great way to meet people at the beginning of your stay. Don't stick with people from your own country- go meet other international students if you can! You went there to get away from your own country and culture, meet and integrate with others!
As far as traveling, train is great...but check out cheap airlines: easyjet, ryanair, etc...and Eurolines bus lines.
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