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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)

View the programme for outgoing students

Time	Session	Who
19:00	Opening of presentation (Waaier 2)	Dorien van de Belt, International Relations & Partnerships
19:05	Pre-departure practicalities	Jitske Rijken, Faculty Exchange Coordinator, EEMCS
19:15	Culture shock video
19:20	Health & safety abroad	Anna Nardini, Calamity Officer International
19:30	Erasmus Student Network	Kai Kojima & Marko Vasylenko, ESN Twente
19:35	Closing of presentation	Dorien van de Belt
19:40	Drinks & snacks in Waaier downstairs
20:00	Country group sessions	See information below
20:30	Country groups conclude
23:00	After-party at Club Strand	Hosted by ESN Twente

View the programme for incoming students

Time	Session	Who
19:00	Opening of presentation (Waaier 1)	Sarah Kotter, Exchange Coordinator, Faculty S&T
19:05	Pre-departure practicalities	Lotte Sander, International Affairs & Mobility Officer, Faculty BMS
19:15	Reverse culture shock video
19:20	Erasmus Student Network	Niles Butler & Sona Daryanani, ESN Twente
19:25	Closing of presentation	Sarah Kotter, Exchange Coordinator, Faculty S&T
19:30	Drinks & snacks in Waaier downstairs
20:00	Country group sessions	See information below
20:30	Country groups conclude
23:00	After-party at Club Strand	Hosted by ESN Twente

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.

View the country groups

Country	Facilitator
Australia & New Zealand	Liz Louden, International Event Support Officer, Scholarship Office & International Relations
Bulgaria	Ivan Gerov, international student
Czech Republic	Dagmar Jungova, Student Mobility Support Officer, Faculty S&T
Germany	Jonas Bauer, incoming exchange student
Hong Kong	Raymond Chow, incoming exchange student
Italy	Anna Nardini, Calamity Officer International, Scholarship Office & International Relations
Mexico	Camila Medina, former Mexico student
Norway	Jitske Rijken, Exchange Coordinator, Faculty EEMCS
Portugal	Sarah Kotter, Exchange Coordinator, Faculty S&T
South Korea	Tahnee Smits, Exchange Coordinator, Faculty ET
Spain	Lotte Sander, International Affairs & Mobility Officer, Faculty BMS
Sweden	Annet Hogeling, Internship Coordinator, Faculty S&T
UK & Ireland	Niles Butler, President, ESN Twente

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.