The Technical University in Delft (TU Delft) was founded in 1842 by King Willem II. Back in the day it was called the ‘Royal Academy for the education of civilian engineers, for serving both nation and industry, and of apprentices for trade’. Quite a mouthful. Only 20 years later it was decided by law that […]
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 […]
