Posts tagged Students from the Learn Dutch For Expats team.
Maastricht is the Netherlands' most international city, and its university runs in English. So can an intern survive on English alone? Here is the honest answer.
Your Dutch masters is taught in English, so why bother with Dutch? Because the real student experience, the borrel, the friendships, runs on it. Here is what to learn.
Studielink, tentamen, studievereniging, borrel: the Dutch words every international student at the University of Amsterdam needs, explained in plain English.
You can earn a Dutch degree in English. But skipping the language quietly costs you the student life, friendships, and city you came for.
International student in Utrecht? Here are the real Dutch-course options: Babel's NT2 courses, the James Boswell Institute, free UU classes, and library taalcafes.
On Erasmus in Ghent or Leuven? Your degree is in English and Flemish is just Dutch with a soft accent. Here is the survival Flemish that transforms daily life.
Your course is in English but the group chat is in Dutch. Here is how to be genuinely useful in an all-Dutch group assignment, part language, part strategy.
TU Delft runs in English and the city is small and welcoming, so you can live here without Dutch. Here is the honest picture of what English-only quietly costs.
A borrel is where Dutch friendships and work bonds form. Here are the words, toasts, and small talk that get you through your first VrijMiBo with confidence.
Utrecht's universities teach in English, but daily student life does not. Here is exactly how much Dutch international students in Utrecht actually need.
Dutch student life revolves around the studentenvereniging. Do internationals need Dutch to join? It depends entirely on which association. Here is how it works.
Exchange students do not need the inburgering exam or B1 Dutch. They need to make friends and survive a semester. Here is the Dutch that actually matters.
The Staatsexamen NT2 is the recognised Dutch language qualification, and it is not the inburgering exam. Here is what it tests, its two levels, and who needs it.
Busuu is good for structured Dutch and feedback, but social fluency is a different skill. Here is why it can fall short for students, and what to add.
The University of Groningen teaches in English and the city is young and international, so you can survive without Dutch. Here is what English-only quietly costs.
A Dutch PhD defense is a scripted public ceremony in formal Dutch. Here is the protocol, the pedel, the paranymphs, and the exact lines you say.
The hardest part of studying in the Netherlands is finding a room. Here is how DUWO works: the priority for internationals, room types, costs, and registering early.
You study in English, but student life happens in Dutch. Here are the essential Dutch phrases international students in the Netherlands actually need daily.
From college to tentamen, here are the most common Dutch phrases and campus words you will hear at a Dutch university, even in an English-taught programme.