Student for a day
Faculty of Economics and Business organized on 8th of December the “Student for a day” event.
You can find more information about this >>HERE<<
Here is a video with some impressions about the event:
P.S. If you are a prospective student do not forget about the next “Student for a day” event: 29th March 2012.
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Research universities
The University of Groningen is a research university (in Dutch: “universiteit”), with research as its main focal point. There are 14 research universities in the Netherlands. Research universities prepare students for independent scientific and scholarly work in an academic or professional setting.
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Read MoreOne day in Groningen

Now you can find the first photo documentation about one day as a student in Groningen.
Have fun!
Read MoreMy two cents of thought…
It’s a very windy day today. The wind blows almost everything that stands in front of it. The fact that it is still winter does not help at all because it only adds the chill I feel when I bike or walk outside. I still have about one and a half hour before my meeting with a professor so I decided to just sit down in the cafetaria, sipping my hot chocolate while watching the grass sways as the wind blows….