As a WUR student, sometimes I feel very saturated with studying. To refresh my mind and escape from school stuff, I usually would like to travel. However, we all know that our schedule is sometimes too busy that we barely have time but the weekends. As an international student who…
I am always curious how someone’s experience in a different country and culture has an impact on their behaviour. What type of local habits do they pick up and what useful thing do they learn from observing those around them? Here are some habits I learned from observing Dutchies and…
We have all been there: arriving in Wageningen and knowing nobody. Ready for a new adventure, but also a little scared of what might all be coming. But luckily you are not alone and other students are more than happy to help you out! That’s why IxESN Wageningen organizes the…
If you search the web for “how to write your thesis report?”, thousands of tips and tricks to write a great report will appear within milliseconds. In fact, it is one of the most searched key phrase for students. The main reasons for this is that students are often bewildered…
If you are interested in Molecular Life Science master, you are probably also curious about how would be doing your thesis at a company. Is research done in the same manner? Are time schedules the same? Do I use my free time in the same way as I did while…
There are a lot of majors available in Wageningen University (WUR). And of course, we all have quite different everyday activities. I think “A Day in the Life” series is a good platform to share different kind of activities in WUR. I would like to share how I spend my…
Thesis is an integral part of your Masters’ study in Wageningen University and Research. It is the most exciting, independent and technical part of the study. More often than not, most departments in WU expect students to complete a short term independent project or a part of big on-going project…
Following in the footsteps of some other bloggers I have decided to take you inside what a typical week looks like studying here at WUR. I am currently doing my thesis so my schedule may look a little different from others, but that is what makes every study unique! I…
Did you know that your book could also be characterize by its aroma? Books are nor human being but they change their aroma as they get older. A combination of volatile compounds gives to your books their characteristic smell. But were you aware of the fact that this aroma changes…
I’ve come to my second stop on my quest to discover all the good and bad about Idealis’ housing options in Wageningen. By now I’ve told you how to find a room in Wageningen, and also gave you a glimpse into one of the star flats – Dijkgraaf. Now it’s…
Background Six nationalities with six different professional and educational background– working together on a challenging yet satisfying project – throughout eight intense weeks. That was pretty much how we, Ainhoa Solano Hernandez, Irma Savitri Sani, Jana Chrenkova, Jorge Gonzalez, Lingxuan Li and Zakaria Alam, would describe our experience working together…
As each year, The Netherlands celebrated the Liberation Day (Bevrijdingsdag in Dutch). This celebration takes place each year the 5th of May. This day commemorates the end of the occupation by Nazi Germany during the World War II. What happened the 5th of May (Bevrijdingsdag ) On the 5th of…
If you enter the Atlas building at around 17:30 on a Tuesday and head down to the ground floor you will find 14 people crammed into a room surrounded by food and drinks. The people in the room are from numerous different countries, and study everything from plant sciences to…
Koningsdag or Kingsday is a national holiday celebrated in The Netherlands. This holiday is celebrated the 27th of April. This celebration represents the birth of the Willem-Alexander This holiday its known for its freemarket (vrijmarkt in dutch) where the Dutch sell their second hand items. However, Kingsday is more known for its light…
This is the second article of the The Ones You Leave Behind series. In this article, I will look at the situation when you realise that the time that you spend with your new friends is limited. Unfortunately, I am currently quite often “left behind”, because my friends leave for…
After more than half a year dealing with my thesis, finally, I got to get it finished. It was one of the most relieving moments in my life like I have made one more milestone. Reading hundreds of journals, doing experiments with trials and errors, and writing report overnight on…
This is the first article of a two-part series. When you were leaving your hometown or the place where you lived before coming to Wageningen, you left people behind: friends, family and colleagues. The other side of the same coin is that you meet new people in your new hometown….
Wondering where you could live when you study in Wageningen? After you’ve signed up as a housing seeker on Idealis (here’s how to do that), you see that there’s plenty of variety in terms of location, price and sharing accommodation with other students. But apart from the dry facts, it’s…
By Yovita Astuti Djohan / MSc Biotechnology Together with 17 motivated MSc and BSc students, we have been making a Massive Open Online Course (see: edx.org) about ‘The Science of Beer’ since last October 2017. This is an amazing project which inspired and motivated me, because it is made…
Suddenly, there are activities all over campus, the food is different, people are passing by but wearing different clothes… but you still wondering what’s all the fuss about? It’s all due to the biggest cultural event in town, the OWW! During a whole week, you can have a closer view…
Even if I am not catalan, I was looking forward to share the event that took place last Saturday (7th of April) in Droevendaal. This was the first Saturday of the year we enjoyed 21ºC and around 300 people joined to this catalan event that receives the name of calçotada…
Now, I would like to share my experience in doing my thesis at HAP. It was a long and winding road for me since I faced a lot of challenging situations. I had never had any experience in the lab before I started my thesis. Hence, I encountered many problems…
10:00am, it’s time for coffee break. You might have listen this sentence in the middle of your morning course or perhaps in between your afternoon course. You might have thought that having a coffee in your break would prevent you from falling asleep or maybe would increase your concentration. That…
Homesickness (noun): a feeling of longing for one’s home during a period of absence from it (dictionary.com). It may not be a challenge you face immediately once you arrive in the Netherlands because you will most likely hit the ground running with finding housing, furniture, registration and completing your orientation week….
Hi everyone! My name is Yurike, from Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesian archipelago. I am a second year student of Master Nutrition and Health (MNH), specializing in Nutritional Physiology and Health Status. Thankfully, I already did my thesis (for a sweet eight-month period), started in May 2017 and finished…