Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)

Everything in English and therefore no problems experienced; however, in the Netherlands - as a former collonial power and international country - one does not find anything written in another language than Dutch (no websites, no nothing); for people wih good English and or German language skills it is no problem because one can guess what it means (Dutch is very close to both German and English).

I studied English (language of instruction at RSM) for 13 years before coming to study my post-graduate studies. In my host university almost all the courses were taught in Spanish and very few in English. I took a two-week Dutch course before the MBA classes started, and then during my four-month intership at Rabobank in Utrecht my Dutch improved a lot (I would not say that I speak dutch, just everyday knowledge)

My main goal when I decided to integrate an exchange program into my studies it was to learn English. Even though I have had some communication problems at first, the day-to-day contact with people speaking English and the help from both colleges and teachers at school allow me to improve on my English skills, especially in business vocabulary.

It is very hard to find a Dutch not able to speak fluent English. As a consequence you don't get many chances to speak dUTCH, THIS COULD BE A PROBLEM IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING THE LANGUAGE. A few friends tried to speak it but locals were answering in English

The classes are presented in english and there is no problem for me to understand them. In Rotterdam everybody speaks english, so I did not have any problem with the communitcation outside school.

unfortunately it is almost impossible to study dutch apart from an intensive course in january. language courses cost too much to be affordable.