A three-minute video guide: How to travel from Eindhoven Airport to campus

Going home after studying abroad is always a strange feeling. Your suitcase is somehow both too full and not full enough, your family is already asking what Dutch life is like, and you suddenly realise that you probably should not show up empty-handed.

As an international student at a Dutch university, you may be wondering whether you can do an internship as part of your degree – and what your options are. The answer depends on your study programme, but in most cases, there are great opportunities to gain hands-on work experience alongside your studies. This article explains everything you need to know.

If you’re choosing the Netherlands as your study destination, you will likely already have a certain image in your head: cycling to your lectures past canals, historic windmills and tulip fields. Okay, perhaps you don’t fall for those clichés that easily, but do you really know what you can expect as a student in the Netherlands? To ensure you’re prepared, let me debunk some of the biggest myths about studying in this small country in Western Europe.