75 reviews
3.88 / 5 based on 75 reviews

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“If you want to be treated like shit, this is the perfect school for you”
ghost
Netherlands, Undergraduate
, 2021
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I am following the HBO-ICT training. The teachers are not helpful. This college is very bad. I passed a course. That course and another course of the same year were replaced after a year. That is why I had to do both courses again, including the course I passed.
I also had to redo an assignment with Slobodanka Dzebric (math teacher) 4 times. last time the feedback was that I had spelled the Manual with a capital letter instead of manual. Submitting a complaint is also pointless, because then the complaint is usually assessed by the same type of teachers. In short, I will do my best to get rid of this quickly because it makes me very unhappy.
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Pros
some teachers are helpful but those are rare
Cons
all the above

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“Ik studeer aan de HvA … Ik schaam me”
Jade
Netherlands, Undergraduate
, 2025
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Studenten op de hva worden nooit gehoord en worden altijd mishandeld. Docenten daar zijn nutteloos en oneerlijk. Ik heb niet het gevoel dat ik betaal voor een indicatie maar voor emotionele schade, depressie, ongezonde leefstijl en overgewicht. Ik heb geen vrienden meer en ik heb mijn bijbaantje verloren door de moeilijke en oneerlijk onderwijs aan de HvA en ik kan alle vakken nog steeds niet halen, niet omdat ik niet studeer maar omdat docebten daar niet gekwalificeerd zijn om docenten te zijn.
*alle studenten aan de gezondheid faculteit van de HvA hebben hetzelfde klachten en het meeste van hun hebben al gestopt of hebben naar een andere, eerlijker hoogschool gegaan.
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Pros
Ze hebben letterlijk niks goed
Cons
Alles moed verbeterd worden en met name de docenten daar

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“Small-minded, uninteresting and uninspiring teachers”
Anouk
Netherlands, Undergraduate
, 2022
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Very disappointed by the French department at the HVA, its small-mindedness, uninteresting and uninspiring teachers, rigidity towards French native speakers and inability to realise that the world and the classroom are miles away from the boring and useless theories that they teach. There is a huge lack of French teachers in Dutch schools and this is no wonder: the stranglehold starts at institutions like the HVA, where even intelligent people manage to fail thanks to their appallingly rigid grading system. That's an achievement in itself. Bravo!
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Careers
A website where students themselves have to apply for their internship and an internship fair. Other than that, you're on your own!
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Pros
Number one for pedantic teachers who think they've reached god-like status
Cons
Their amazing ability to demotivate even the most enthousiastic people

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Juliette C
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I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
I enjoyed studying in that university but I wouldn't say it is particularly good.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
It is advised to travel as much as possible: Munich (October Fest), Brussels, Paris, London, Berlin, Luxembourg... Amsterdam is pretty much accessible to all countries in Europe.
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anonymous
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language
How much did you improve your the local language?
My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
an adequate language course was not provided
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anonymous
Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
It has its positive and negative aspects
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career