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Hogeschool Holland

Hogeschool Holland, Postbus 261, 1110 Ag Diemen, THE Netherlands
3.67 / 5 based on 216 reviews.
Description:
Hogeschool Holland is a university of professional education that originated in 1986 from a merger between various higher professional education institutes. Hogeschool Holland is with its 9,000 students one of the larger universities of professional education in the Netherlands, situated in the south of Diemen, a few kilometres from the heart of Amsterdam. It offers more than 50 full-time and part-time courses in the fields of health care, educational theory, theology, economics and commerce.


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International Partners
Programmes
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72% of students recommend
216 reviews
Housing
3.3/5
 All experiences (216)
Student life
4.3/5
 5 stars (30)
Academic
3.2/5
 4 stars (66)
Languages
3.9/5
 3 stars (102)
Expenses
3.2/5
 2 stars (18)
Overall
4.1/5
 1 star (0)
“Take good spirits with you when you are going to Amsterdam, because it is a city that never sleeps and if you want to, you can meet many wonderful and fun people and have a great time there. However, be aware of you personal belongings, especially in crouded central places and public transport. I had some unfortunate experiences there myself.” Read Review
dajwute, Lithuania

216 reviews of Hogeschool Holland

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HOUSING    
by Daiva, Espoon - Vantaan Ammattikorkeakoulu, Vantaa, Finland
Business Studies, ERASMUS Double Degree Program
Personal assessment
Cost
KEY:
Couldn't have asked for more.
Pretty good.
Could've been better, but didn't lessen the overall experience.
Disappointing.
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why? Living on campus was relatively expensive compared with the quality of the rooms and the whole building. Also we had problems with the housing contract termination.
Personal comments:
Overall, it was nice to live on campus, but the building was very old and dirty. The appartments were small with only the minimum furniture. Also most of the housing contracts did not cover the whole semester, so at the end of it we needed to look for some place to live for a couple of days in order to finish our exams.
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STUDENT LIFE    
by Sandra, EVTEK University of Applied Sciences, Vantaa, Finland
Business Studies, University Agreement
Personal social experience
Activities
KEY:
Amazing! Hardly had time to study.
Plenty to do when I had the time.
So-so.
Did not get involved.
Nightlife
Travel
Overall
Describe host city: Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal comments:
Diemen is situated only 10min with train from center of Amsterdam. Nightlife usually has been spended there. Best bars that you can find are situated in Leidseplein and Rembrandtplein. My fafovrite place to go was in Rembrandtplein called "Chocos". Boom Chicago that is situated in Leidseplein is a show that you really don't want to miss!
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ACADEMIC    
by Daiva, Espoon - Vantaan Ammattikorkeakoulu, Vantaa, Finland
Business Studies, ERASMUS Double Degree Program
My academic experiences
Quality of courses
KEY:
Fantastic.
Pretty good.
Could've been a bit better.
Disappointing.
Variety of courses
Availability/access to resources
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with other international students
Interaction with local students
Course recommendations:
Course contents and quality are quite good, but the teachers could depend less on the books and put in more of their own experience.



My opinion of the university assessment
Exams at end of course
KEY:
Liked it.
It was alright.
A bit annoying.
Didn't like it.
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course.
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
Overall
Personal comments:
The grading system is very strange, since we got 5 credits from project work, 5 credits from the final essay examination and 5 credits from the exams of ALL the courses. Eventhough we would have failed even one course exam, we would not get the 5 credits. So it felt that the credit system is not equally distributed.

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by yasm, Southampton Institute, Southampton, United Kingdom
Communication and Information Sciences, Erasmus
Language difficulties
Social
KEY:
No problems.
I coped pretty well.
Sometimes it was difficult.
It was a constant struggle.
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Personal comments:
Everyone spoke very good English, which was a bit annoying because I wanted to learn some Dutch! Somethimes it was difficult understanding what exactly lecturers wanted as there descriptoins were sometimes ambiguous.
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EXPENSES    
by Tim, Washington State University, Pullman, United States
Business Studies, University Agreement
The accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
KEY:
Very easy.
Minimal effort.
Accessible but required effort.
Almost impossible.
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
Administrative
Money from home
Main source of funding:
Other
Other sources of funding:
Sugar momma
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits:
Less for crappy food that seemed to be abundant in adam, more for drinks.... it equals out...go for the EUROSHOPPER BABY
Food, Housing: was more expensive than at home.
Travel, Nightlife, Overall, Telephone: was the same price as at home.
Personal comments:
Don't drink every night, if you do, buy euro shopper and get drunk before you go to the clubs. The schoolgirl was a bit more spendy than expected, but I guess she has to do what she has to do.
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OVERALL    
by yasm, Southampton Institute, Southampton, United Kingdom
Communication and Information Sciences, Erasmus
Important to choosing this university...
Academic reasons
KEY:
Very Important.
Important.
Not really important.
Unimportant.
Culture
Costs
Activities
Campus life
Party / people
Weather / Location
I wish I had known...
wished I had known more about where we were staying and more about the city so I would know where to go, although it was fun discovering
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!



During my experience abroad, I ...
Became familiar with another culture
KEY:
Happened all the time.
Happened quite a lot.
Happened a bit.
Didn't happen.
Traveled
Improved language skills
Met people from other countries
Became more independent
Partied a lot
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies/career
Personal recommendation:
It takes a very independent, practical rather than theorical approach to education, you learn by doing, which works in ways but also has it's drawbacks.



FINAL COMMENTS

Make the most of your experience, travel as much as you can, wrap up warm in the winter as it is very windy in the winter! Find out as much as you can about where you are staying so you know where you need to go to get into uni. Research the nearest cities before you visit too.
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