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Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HVA)

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3.88 / 5 based on 75 reviews
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No Hand Holding Approach
Brandi L
Netherlands, Undergraduate
Design (Fashion, Graphic, Industrial, Web), 2019
Overall
This is one of those programs where you aren't necessarily amazed on the day to day basis. It was not until my 3rd year when I tutored a 1st year student that I truly saw my own growth. She received all the same feed back that I had once received and like me at the time did not understand it. It was an absolute AHA! moment because for the whole study the teachers train you to come to the answers yourself, there is not 'yes that is correct'. The skills you learn sneak up on you. As an American this hands off approach was very strange to me, but it turns out that it is exactly what I needed.
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Pros
Lessons in independence, Leaves room for specialization
Cons
Can be tough on your confidence, Lack of support and comprehensive feedback
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Ana d
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus
Academic
Course recommendations
I felt like in The Netherlands - at least at Hogeschool - they give a lot of importance to culture and interaction, difference in cultures and they had a lot of options on that topic. I realise that at my home university you don't feel this given importance to culture and I think It's great opportunity to learn about that.
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My academic experiences
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Variety of courses
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Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
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Personal comments
What I felt about the host school is that they have a really particular method of studies - it's something like "do it by your self". The level of difficulty and requirement it's much higher at my home school, but I feel that teachers give you a lot of information and follow the students closer.
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Grand but complicated.
Yasir M
Netherlands,
Business Studies, 2023
Overall
The HVA is big university which offers many studies and from my personal experience the proffesors are well experienced in their respective fields and they know what they are talking about. Only thing is that the management and planning is quite hectic, but as a  educational institution it is good and offers many opportunities to students.
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Pros
Their experienced and well qualified professors.
Cons
Their planning department.
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Very much independent
Isilay K
Netherlands, Undergraduate
Business Studies, 2025
Overall
I am satisfied with the fact that we can learn more in depth into the matching dimension and gain more knowledge. The dimensions itself are very broad and therefore you develop new skills.
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Careers
We are very much guided but are definitely given the space to orientate in what is suitable for ourselves and more being independent. In this way you learn to make your own choices. So I started looking around myself for matching internships
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Pros
the digital tools where we work for our future.
Cons
more structure and guidance
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A real Amsterdam school
loulou w
Netherlands, Undergraduate
Social Work, 2023
Overall
The teachers at my study are very nice and openminded. They give you diffrent perspectives and give you a wide perspective on the future field where you eventually wil work.
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Pros
Lot of options for diffrent subjects
Cons
Most of the lessons in Dutch
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A real Amsterdam school
loulou w
Netherlands, Undergraduate
Social Work, 2023
Overall
The teachers at my study are very nice and openminded. They give you diffrent perspectives and give you a wide perspective on the future field where you eventually wil work.
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Pros
Lot of options for diffrent subjects
Cons
Most of the lessons in Dutch
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