During the 1960s the Netherlands had a shortage of education for prospective doctors and therefore a new medical faculty had to be established. Maastricht opted to open a new university and made a bid. However, the academic world expected more from a university than just a number of extra training places. Therefore, a new system […]
Are you looking for a Bachelor or Master education in The Netherlands? Luckily for you, there is a new website that allows you to search through more than 2500 studies in The Netherlands (or ‘Holland’ as some call it, see also our previous article about the difference between The Netherlands and Holland). The website’s name […]
Are you looking for scholarship or grant or fellowship to study in the Netherlands, make sure you check out our section Scholarships, Grants and Fellowships. This section lists undergraduate and postgraduate (bachelor, master, PhD) grants for foreign/international students. So if you are looking for a student scholarship, you are advised to check out our Scholarships, Grants and […]
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 […]
A group of international students were asked a few years ago to write something about their interpretation of Dutch Culture. I managed to get a hold of these. Below you can find small excepts of what they wrote: Excerpt 1 Maybe the biggest difference in cultures is the fact that the Dutch don’t appreciate it if […]
