A Blog about Education Abroad

Tag: The Netherlands

  • Leah at Wageningen University: City of Life Science

    Leah at Wageningen University: City of Life Science

    Leah is currently on exchange at Wageningen University, and here are some of her impressions and experiences.

    Playing with the leaves

    Pre-departure: Excitement, anxiety and apprehension

    Applying to do exchange at Wageningen University was a time consuming process, as the exchange I wanted to do was research based, I had to apply as an exchange student, find a Supervisor, and somehow find a way of fitting my project into their department. However, with the helping hand of various willing parties the process went pretty smoothly and I was finally accepted. Hurdle one conquered! (more…)

  • Ferdinand at the Amsterdam Summer School

    Ferdinand at the Amsterdam Summer School

    I decided to go to Amsterdam for two reasons. Firstly, the course I attended, International Criminal Justice, appealed to me. Secondly, Amsterdam is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world,
    with people from around 125 different nationalities living there. Attending the summer school also gave me the chance to travel alone through Germany for another two weeks at my own expense (something I’ve wanted to do for a long time).

    Preparation:

    I decided in January this year that I wanted to go to a summer school in July. I spent many hours scouting the different options on the International Office (PGIO) website. I also finalised most of my application before the academic year started. I highly recommend trying to finish your application in the holidays, because it gives you more time for other things during the term. The video took much longer than I expected. Start working on it early to avoid a sleepless night.

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  • Chanda at Maastricht University

    Chanda at Maastricht University

    Pre-departure:

    During the international week , adverts were put up for summer schools, for me this seemed too good to be true, I was curious to find out what a summer school was all about. To satisfy my curiosity I visited the exchange office. I asked him about summer schools and  intricate details about the summer schools and exchange programmes were given. They advised me too on how I could go about making the video interview and encouraged me that even as a foreign I stood a fair chance of being selected for summer school. I left their office and I was doubting within myself if i should apply or not , part of me told me there is a lot of people applying and I wouldn’t stand a chance. Despite the battle within me I decided to apply, the office was very helpful in helping me select a suitable course, after submitting the online application, I met up with another friend of mine who was also applying and we began to work on the video interview, it took us quite a while but finally got it done. I submitted the video and all I had to now is keep my hopes high as the selection process went on.

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