Universiteit Leiden

I am writing this because I believe it is very important for new students to have realistic expectations about a bachelor's degree at a Dutch university. My desire to study at LU was to learn a lot about given studies and be educated in different spheres. However, I also expected from my university a certain protection from being "on the side of the road" unemployed and forced to work jobs unrelated to my interests after graduation. Unfortunately, 9 months after graduation, my experience turned out to be exactly that. My bachelor's programme did not offer skills that could land a job in these difficult times in Netherlands after studies. Despite successfully finding an internship, having a decent resume and graduating with a thesis, I have to leave the country and possibly begin from scratch with something different.
I write this purely for new students who might think that =a high-ranking university is a safe pathway, but at the moment it is far from that. WO university will teach you academic concepts, and for anything beyond that you need an HBO or online self-taught courses, whether it is programming, UX design or anything where you can be self-reliant might be a safe option for the future.

The University is based in a very pleasant background . Also, the teachers lecture in a very engaging way and the University's online platform facilitate the researchs that students are lead to do by establishing a continuous connexion between the students and professors.

Courses are of great quality however the student life isn t the most welcoming and easy to integrate, u can easily feel lonely at times. Teachers are implicated however the relationship with them can be at times superficial.