Amsterdam students

7 steps to shine at your next exam

Our student Karolin Wald is eager to share her experience of The VU Honours programme, an extra-curricular programme that helps broaden...

Living in Amsterdam as an international student oftentimes means that your encounters with the Dutch language are rather limited. Many...

Welcome to our series of interviews with students and staff, both here in Amsterdam and around the world. Let's find out how they are...

Welcome to our series of interviews with students and staff, both here in Amsterdam and around the world. Let's find out how they are doing

Due to the current situation, many prospective VU students will start their university journey online, a situation that must be quite challe

#VUathome: Firsthand Stories from Students and Staff: Hannah

In this blog post, I wanted to share my travel advice for people wanting to visit the probably oldest city of the Netherlands: Nijmegen.

As someone who is halfway done with their bachelor I think I am (kind of) qualified to tell you about a few things I wish I knew before star

Read some tips from Yuyu, our student blogger, about studying, preparing for exams and making of doable study plan. She learned a lot about

Sounds familiar? The exam week is coming and instead of studying you decide to clean your desk, room... How not to get there, read here!

Or "How to make peace with self during changes in life and build a new home" Let's read Mrudula's experience.

Our student Yuyu had a very original way to say goodbye to her family and friends back home - she organised a concert where she was the star

Our newest blogger and master student, Mrudula, is introducing herself and telling us how she feels about moving to a new city and getting b

We would like to introduce you our new blogger, Qianyao, for friends Yuyu. She has high expectations of the Master and she is busy learning

It can be hard to start your studies in a new language. Make sure you prepare and use tips of students that have experienced the challenges

We would like to introduce you to our new student and blogger Beatriz! She knows exactly what are you going through as the start of your stu

We as humans are social animals. We have the primal need to have people around us and to have social interactions. Friends are an...

One and a half semesters in, and here I am. I must say, it has been an incredible journey so far; many ups and downs, many new...

No matter whether you need a light at the end of the dark third term tunnel or you have a bit of extra time at your hands, it might be a nic