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Whether you have a relationship as a student at Woudestein depends on several things. One factor is where you live and particularly whether you are in lodgings or not. 70 percent of Economics students live at home, according to Lisanne and Friso from the Economic Faculty Association Rotterdam (EFR). Around 40 percent of these have a relationship with someone outside Erasmus University Rotterdam. \u201cEconomics students who live in lodgings tend to be single,\u201d Lisanne claims.<\/p>\n

Lovers at home<\/h3>

Bob and Jeroen, first year Econometrics students, sketch a similar picture: \u201cAround a third of the students in our year have a relationship, usually one from before they came to university, with someone outside EUR.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthijs, who is doing a master in Accountancy, has noticed the same trend. In the master phase, most of his fellow students have a relationship, but rarely with someone from the university. Often these relationships started during secondary school, and these relationships last longer when the couple come from the same region. This is probably because a long distance relationship is difficult to combine with a busy student life, says Matthijs. \u201cIf you live at home, you are less likely to join a student association and you won\u2019t meet someone you like from EUR,\u201d according to Matthijs. \u201cWhat\u2019s more, you don\u2019t have so many classes with fellow students, so it\u2019s even more difficult to get to know someone on your programme.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boundless love<\/h3>

Among international students, there is a surprisingly similar picture. According to Nikiforos and Maria, both Accountancy master students, most international students already have a relationship with someone before they move to Rotterdam. Flo, who comes from Germany and who has chosen the master in Global Business and Sustainability, agrees. \u201cMost internationals already have a relationship or they aren\u2019t looking for one, perhaps because they\u2019ll often only be in Rotterdam for a short time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not much love in economics<\/h3>

Economics students Olivier, Coen and Daan illustrate the importance of choice of study for whether you find a partner or not. Most of their fellow students don\u2019t have a relationship because they aren\u2019t looking, but also because economics is a very large-scale subject. \u201cYou only see 80 percent of your fellow students during exams,\u201d says Olivier. \u201cEvery week you have 4.5 hours\u2019 lessons together, often in a lecture hall with six hundred other students. So it\u2019s virtually impossible to get to know someone well.\u201d For some forms of education, Economics students are in groups of 25, where the male-female ratio is seldom fifty-fifty. Women are nearly always in the vast minority. \u201cIn short, Economics students are often nott looking for a relationship or at least not here,\u201d says Daan.<\/p>\n\n\t

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