‘As long as I can remember, I have wanted to do ‘ something involving animals,’ says Esmee, a Master’s student in Animal Sciences. It’s wonderful if you already know when you’re young where your interests lie. But that’s just the beginning. Many young adults are familiar with only a few…
Admission to popular study programmes such as medicine and dentistry is no longer determined by drawing lots. These programmes now follow a ‘decentralised selection’ procedure. What is this procedure? How do you prepare for this and why is decentralised selection even necessary? And for which programmes do you have to…
What is a binding study advice? What must students do to pass their first academic year? Study very hard? Make sure that they obtain all their course credits? Join a student association? The most important thing is to keep your focus on your study. This increases your chance of receiving…
Study success is the wish of all prospective students and their parents. The most important basis for study success is the careful choice of what to study. Prospective students who have thought carefully about their choice of study have a good chance of studying successfully. This is the principal conclusion…
There are two types of students who find it hard to choose what to study; those who aren’t interested in anything, and those who are interested in a lot of different things. And it’s this group that I’ll be focussing on in this blog post. My tip for these student…
Everyone wants a study choice and career that suits them. How can you as a parent help guide your son or daughter towards the right (study) career? It begins with learning to choose!
Your choice of Master’s programme is another real study choice. The essential questions a student must ask before making a choice: Who am I, what kind of work suits me, what motivates me, who do I want to be in the future, and – very important – who can help…
The degree programme quality matters. There are degree programmes that are very highly respected. There are also some degree programmes that don’t quite make the grade. How can you judge the quality of the degree programme that your son or daughter is considering? What should you look for? What should…
The study programme selection process and the lecturer? Study matching? What are those and what do they have to do with each other? Before your son or daughter begins their studies, they will take a study choice check. The study choice check or study matching is the last step in the…
As a parent, you invest a lot in your child: upbringing, attention, money—too many things to list. Along the way, you will feel it is important that your son or daughter also completes their education. You can help them make their study programme a success. How? This article is about: Study success…