Reviews of Hogeschool Holland | Netherlands

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marcreudi

Institut de Préparation à l'Administration et à la Gestion (IPAG Nice), Nice, France
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Nightlife, Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

the Melkweg (for concerts), De Kooi (university's student bar), the Queen's Day, the Vodka Bar...

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Destroyer

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Business Studies, Undergraduate, Study abroad program

Overall

I wish I had known...

That it's so little work and easy

In my opinion:

I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

4

Culture

3

Costs

3

Activities

2

Campus life

2

Party / people

3

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

If you wanna take it easy and not stress too muh about school Hogeschool is your place.

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

2

Experienced a change in life

2

Advanced my studies & career

1

Final comments

The school is situated close to Amsterdam and many other nice places. Travelling here is nice and gives opportunities to see great places.

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anonymous

Espoon - Vantaan Ammattikorkeakoulu, Vantaa, Finland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning English a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my English

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

It wasn't a problem for me to go to The Netherlands as I spoke the language fluently allready.

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anonymous

Mercuria Business School, Vantaa, Finland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning English a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my English

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

The learning of a second language was made very hard due to poor course structure. (french)

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cynthia_zhu

Bin Hai Unibersity, Qingdao, China
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Independent

Student life

Describe host city:

Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

Travel, Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

I always go to swimming in the night after school, and i also went to L'opera every friday

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yasm

Southampton Institute, Southampton, United Kingdom
Communication and Information Sciences, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

wished I had known more about where we were staying and more about the city so I would know where to go, although it was fun discovering

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

3

Culture

4

Costs

2

Activities

3

Campus life

2

Party / people

4

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

It takes a very independent, practical rather than theorical approach to education, you learn by doing, which works in ways but also has it's drawbacks.

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

2

Improved language skills

2

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

Make the most of your experience, travel as much as you can, wrap up warm in the winter as it is very windy in the winter! Find out as much as you can about where you are staying so you know where you need to go to get into uni. Research the nearest cities before you visit too.

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