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  • Eurekaweek
    August 19, 2024
    • Tessa Hofland
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    Thousands of first-years are told at opening: failure is not failure, but personal growth

    Eurekaweek kicked off on Monday morning at Ahoy with an opening full of old and new…

    Eurekaweek
    August 19, 2024
    • Tessa Hofland
  • Campus
    August 15, 2024
    • Myla Carbo
    • Alice Raffegeau
    • Sarah de Gruijter
    • Jamal Bimmel

    Tips from senior students for new students: ‘If you don’t know something, just ask someone’

    You’re on the brink of an exciting new chapter: studying in Rotterdam! A new course in…

    Campus
    August 15, 2024
    • Myla Carbo
    • Alice Raffegeau
    • Sarah de Gruijter
    • Jamal Bimmel
  • Eurekaweek
    August 9, 2022
    • Peer van Tetterode
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    This is how first-years find a room, friends and a decent place to study. Tips for you from senior students

    Are you feeling a bit nervous about starting your studies and Eurekaweek? You're not the…

    Eurekaweek
    August 9, 2022
    • Peer van Tetterode
  • Students
    July 12, 2021
    • Tessa Hofland
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    ‘Our’ freshmen look back: a tough, but certainly not a lost year

    They dreamt of studying abroad – preferably in Rotterdam. And then the pandemic hit.…

    Students
    July 12, 2021
    • Tessa Hofland
  • Students
    October 20, 2020
    • Tessa Hofland
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    First-year student Alexandra studies Psychology and doesn’t want to be anywhere else but Rotterdam

    Alexandra Pop (18) has not regretted her move from Romania for a single second. Even if…

    Students
    October 20, 2020
    • Tessa Hofland
  • Erasmus TV
    April 21, 2020
    • Tessa Hofland
    Erasmus TV

    Erasmus TV: Worries about the influx of new students, especially international students

    Erasmus TV
    April 21, 2020
    • Tessa Hofland
  • Students
    February 15, 2019
    • Tessa Hofland

    First-year student Mitchell: ‘I do feel embarrassed when my friends ask me if I’ve really quit again’

    First-year student Mitchell: ‘I do feel embarrassed when my friends ask me if I’ve really

    Students
    February 15, 2019
    • Tessa Hofland
  • Students
    November 15, 2018
    • Tessa Hofland

    Freshman Isabelle: ‘Guus Meeuwis helps me learn Dutch’

    The thousands of first-year students who make it to EUR each year all have plenty of…

    Students
    November 15, 2018
    • Tessa Hofland
  • Students
    October 25, 2018
    • Tessa Hofland
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    Freshman Mitchell: ‘Stopping with your studies dents your self-confidence’

    Thousands of new EUR students arrive full of dreams, ambitions and inspiring plans for…

    Students
    October 25, 2018
    • Tessa Hofland
  • Students
    October 19, 2018
    • Tessa Hofland
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    Freshman Tristan: ‘My mother sends me messages every day’

    The thousands of first years at EUR are all full of dreams, ambitions and brilliant plans…

    Students
    October 19, 2018
    • Tessa Hofland
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