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Nationale Hogeschool voor Toerisme en Verkeer (NHTV)

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Tourism Management is fun yet it lacks
Valeri D
Netherlands, Undergraduate
, 2018
Overall
Overall, happy I did my degree here. Had lots of fun, some great teachers and learned a lot. Great campus nowadays with lots of open spaces and nice community. 
The reason I give 4 stars is that sometimes international students can be a bit overlooked by teachers and administration, like for example teachers speaking and explaining in Dutch when they can't in English which shouldn't be the case for such an institution. 
I also felt some courses were a bit useless and were put there just to fill up the curriculum, but the to be honest they update their programs every couple of years or so.
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Pros
Great campus, open community and some great teachers
Cons
Sometimes a bit unprofessional in regards to teachers, can be difficult for internationals at first
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Innovative and creative
Daan M
Netherlands, Undergraduate
Management Science, 2020
Overall
A great school, with mostly tourism and creative studies.
English in its entirety, it is very easy to go around as a foreign student.
Very innovative on teaching methods, maybe sometimes a bit too much.
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Pros
Creative atmosphere.
Cons
Too much free time.
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Fraudulent and abusive towards students
K D
Latvia, Undergraduate
, 2017
Overall
This university is a complete nightmare. They are treating students like their personal little assistants that need to everything that they tell them to. Whenever a student has a question, a request or criticism, they simply reply that the student should "act professionally". This is especially the case when they messed something up and now the student needs help. A good example is when they do not specify how a report needs to be handed, only to then punish if you did not do it the way they expected you to.
Also, they are very rude and unfriendly to foreign students. I have also experienced that girls get much better grades than boys.
The worst thing is getting a second opinion on an exam, project or report: they simply say there is no second opinion available and that you have to do the whole thing again. I spoke about this with a Dutch lawyer and she said that this was against the Dutch institution. Every student can hand in their work and ask for a second opinion.
Overall, the atmosphere is very toxic and negative and it seems that everything is about pleasing the staff. If you want to be successful, you need to appeal to them like a little pet dog.
Do not expect support or help from anyone. Also, the financial administration will not help you: they will not let you change your account details. I changed my account to a Dutch account(!), and they simply said that they will not change the registry. This meant that every month I was receiving a notice that said how my school access will be blocked if I do not pay. Not having access means to not be able to go to exams. And that just because I decided to choose a Dutch bank account.
Also, the local staff is very arrogant and not open for discussion. Everything they dont like, they will silence by telling you that you are being unprofessional.
If you are running into troubles with an internship company, they will side with the company so they do not have to appoint you a new supervisor, even though you might have the opportunity to change the company because you found a new one. They do this so they can leave for their well-deserved vacation and it also means that you are paying 6 additional months of study fees, which means a plus of 1200 Euros without them having to work for it.
The general slogan of this faculty is to only do what is in their best interest. And students are definitely not in their best interest.
I am telling you from experience that if you are interested in logistics, that you should go to Venlo or Rotterdam. This school is not a place to be for students.
You will not learn anything here, except maybe the bad English of the lecturers.
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Pros
none, except for the fact that you have multiple internships
Cons
Abusive towards students, especially foreigners,
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anonymous
Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Tourism, Graduate, Erasmus
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br> An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Spain is a cheap country, not like the netherlands. I have to say that the ERASMUS grant... it like nothing!!(in Spain)
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Nightlife, Overall, Telephone, Housing, Food:
was more expensive than at home.
Travel:
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
If you come from Barcelona and want to go there, please you have to save money before going there to pass a good months. Believe me!!!It will be better!!
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anonymous
Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Tourism, Graduate, Erasmus
Housing
Type of housing: With a family
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
MAybe I had a bad experience but... It was horrible!!I wasnt' as independent as I would like!!!
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Personal assessment
Cost
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Personal comments
Although I had a bad experience, I recommend you to accept if the university offers you a guest house cause it's very difficult to find accomodation there
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Gisela P
Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Tourism, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Overall
I wish I had known...
Anything important. My host univesity informed me of everything I had to know before going. I have no complaint about it.
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In my opinion:
Stay home.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
2
Culture
4
Costs
2
Activities
3
Campus life
2
Party / people
4
Weather / location
4
Personal recommendation
Get involve in everything they do for international students! You will have fun!
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
4
Traveled
4
Improved language skills
3
Met people from other countries
4
Became more independent
4
Partied a lot
4
Experienced a change in life
4
Advanced my studies & career
4
Final comments
It was one of my best experiences in my life because my host university and, mainly, dutch students/people are really nice, kind and friendly and makes you easy to stay there. I really recomend Holland for an international experience and NHTV and Breda in concrete.
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