PRE-DEPARTURE MEETING
The Pre-Departure Meeting is a biannual event that aims to farewell exchange students and provide practical information to prepare outgoing students for an abroad experience. In addition to the main presentations, we provide the opportunity for outgoing and incoming exchange students to connect with each other via small group sessions per country.
The Winter Pre-Departure Meeting was held on Thursday 8 December 2022 at Waaier 1 & 2. If you have any questions about the event, please email events-soir@utwente.nl.
Presentations
Below you can view the presentations from the recent Pre-Departure Meeting.
Event programme
Date: Thursday 8 December 2022
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Location: Waaier 2 (outgoing students), Waaier 1 (incoming students)
Country group sessions
Date: Thursday 8 December 2022
Time: 20:00 - 20:30
Location: Waaier ring downstairs
Country group sessions provide an opportunity for outgoing and incoming exchange students to meet and share information about the country. Degree-seeking international students and returned outgoing students may join the group as well.
There is no structured information provided by UT during these sessions. Rather, the informal meetings are a chance for outgoing students to ask questions about their destination country and/or partner university. Topics of conversation could include housing, cultural differences, food, covid regulations, cost of living, language, transport, tourist highlights etc.
Please note: country groups are only organised for the countries with registered outgoing students. If a country is not listed above, there will not be a group meeting for that country at this event.
After-Party
ESN Twente will host an after-party for exchange students on 8 December from 23:00 at Club Strand, Stadsgravenstraat 15, Enschede. You can claim a free ticket for the party from an ESN representative during the Pre-Departure Meeting at the Waaier. The party will provide you with an extra opportunity to meet other students while enjoying nice tunes from ESN's DJ.