Grow beyond the lecture halls.
At the University of Twente, you will find plenty of opportunities to develop yourself. As one of the most entrepreneurial universities in the Netherlands, we encourage students to take an active part in student life – both on campus and in the city of Enschede. Students organise a wide range of activities, creating a vibrant and welcoming community.
Boost your personal development
By getting involved outside your studies – for example in a student association or team – you’ll build skills like leadership, taking initiative, and collaborating with people from different disciplines. These are valuable experiences you won’t find in textbooks, but they are essential for your professional future. Employers highly value this kind of social and organisational development.
On the Student Union website, you can explore how to grow alongside your studies – whether it’s through volunteering at an association, taking on a part-time job, or starting your own business. One of their key goals is to give students the opportunity to strengthen their skills and competencies.
Honours programmes
Does studying come easily to you and are you looking for an extra challenge? If you rank among the top 10% of your programme, our Honours programmes are for you. You follow this programme alongside your bachelor’s degree, gaining extra depth, research opportunities, and training in skills like critical thinking and leadership. It’s a great way to better prepare yourself for a scientific career or a challenging job.
Multidisciplinary student teams
The University of Twente has dozens of student initiatives. Students can get involved in organising symposiums, tournaments or exchange trips and they can even start their own company. Our multidisciplinary student teams are excellent examples of extracurricular activities that successfully combine a university education and research. Student teams such as HyDriven and Solar Boat Twente are well-known initiatives. These teams bring students together to build, for example, a solar car, electric superbike, drone or robot, with which they regularly compete against teams from other universities all over the world.
The best-known student teams at UT:
The students of the Youtube channel Student Report, which is also a student initiative, made a short film about the student teams and their significance for UT.
