Reviews of Hanzehogeschool, Hogeschool van Groningen | Netherlands

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Svetlana S

Oulun Seudun Ammattikorkeakoulu, Oulu, Finland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Student life dominates the city

Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Every day of the week had it's special place to go (for international students). Mo - Sally O'brines (Irish pub) Tu - Reggae concert (life music) We - Comedy cafe Th - Molly Malones Fr - &Zo or Vera or Drie Gesusters St - &Zo or Vera Su - Home sleeping Also you can always go to a huge pub Drie Gesusters, which is located in the city center, in Grote Markt. Whenever you go there, always people, nice music, Beer 1,5€ :)

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Svetlana S

Oulun Seudun Ammattikorkeakoulu, Oulu, Finland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: International Student House

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: International Student House

Why?

You meet a lot of new people immediatelly after you arrive at the International Student House. Really warm atmosphere.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

There is an International Housing Office in Groningen, which provides accomodation for foreign students. If you get lucky you get a good room from an International student house. Rents are not cheap in Holland. It's better to live less than 5km from downtown and your faculty.

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Svetlana S

Oulun Seudun Ammattikorkeakoulu, Oulu, Finland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, 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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

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

Absolutelly everybody speak English in The Netherlands. Even old people. There was no communication problem at all. Courses at the university were in English, all teachrs were able to speak English. You can survive perfectly without knowing Dutch language.

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Svetlana S

Oulun Seudun Ammattikorkeakoulu, Oulu, Finland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Academic

Course recommendations

Most of teachers can speek good English. Courses are easy. You don't have to do much to pass the exams.

My academic experiences

Quality of courses

Variety of courses

Access to resources

Interaction with teachers

Interaction with international students

Interaction with local students

Personal comments

Don't miss project meetings or couchings. Buying and reeding course books was not necessary to pass a course.

My opinion of the university assessment

Exams at end of course

Exams throughout the course

Essays and/or projects at the end of course

Essays and/or projects throughout the course

Overall

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Svetlana S

Oulun Seudun Ammattikorkeakoulu, Oulu, Finland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Government assistance

Other sources of funding:

Personal savings<br> An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't want/need to work

Personal spending habits

I had to buy a prepaid SIM-card, which is not that cheap. Normally if I travel in Finland, I don't have to spend nights in hostels, I know how the system works, I know where to eat or drink out. When you travel in a foreign country, it's not always that cheap.

Telephone, Travel:

was more expensive than at home.

Overall:

was the same price as at home.

Housing, Nightlife, Food:

was less expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

none

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Svetlana S

Oulun Seudun Ammattikorkeakoulu, Oulu, Finland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

can't think of any

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

2

Culture

4

Costs

3

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

4

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

They could let international students to choose courses they would like to study.

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

2

Final comments

travelling by train in Holland is a bit pricy, but you can buy a discount card, than it's gonna be 40% cheaper. Very important: apply for accomodation as early as possible, than you have more chances to get a nice room for a reasonable price. If you choose to live in international student house, apply for Moesstraat. It's definetelly the best place to live (location, social life, cost of rent).

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