Erasmus University Rotterdam was founded under a different name in 1913. This was the year when the Netherlands School of Commerce came into existence. This school was a private initiative and had broad support among the Rotterdam business community. In 1939 the recognition of the school led to a change of name: the Netherlands School […]
Getting a scholarship can be difficult. So many students from all over the world are trying to get scholarships in both American, European and Australian universities. However, there are a couple of ways for you to significantly improve your chances of getting that scholarship you always wanted. The steps below refer to Dutch universities, but […]
As mentioned in our earlier article (Academic Universities in the Netherlands) I hereby want to highlight the Universities of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. In Dutch these Universities are called ‘Hogeschool’ and there are more than 55 of these Universities in the Netherlands.. Find below a listing the websites of the most established Dutch Universities […]
Most people I talk to refer to Holland in the same way as they would to The Netherlands. They think Holland is the same as The Netherlands. Just to let you in on a little secret: this is wrong! So what is the difference, you may ask? Well, the difference is that The Netherlands (the […]
At times I will post a guest entry on this website. This one is from Romana, an international student who studied in Groningen in the college year 2004-2005. If you are interested in also posting story here, please feel free to contact me. Contrary to popular belief not everyone in the Netherlands wears clogs, lives […]
