Presentation Pre-departure 2013

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Pre-departure briefing

Nuffic Neso Brazil

01/07/2013

Welcome!

Agenda

• Impression of the Netherlands

• Before departure

• Arrival in the Netherlands

• Life and study in the Netherlands

• After graduation

• Holland Alumni Network – HAN Brazil

Impression Before departure Arrival Life and study in the Netherlands After graduation HAN Brazil

An impression of the Netherlands

The country

• Gateway to Europe

• Weather

• People

• Religion

• Tourism


Travelling through Europe

• Schengen possibilities• Transportation options

Cities to visit:• London• Brussels• Berlin• Rome• Paris• Barcelona

And many more..


The weather


The Dutch

• Forthright way of communication• Values (truth, time orientation, yes-no, independent, friendship)• Calvinism (hard work, sober, no-nonsense)• Mindset “You can do it yourself” • Punctual• Privacy is important• Announce your visit• Male/female equality• There are many churches, temples,

mosques, synagogues, prayers rooms and

ethnics markets available to respect your

religion.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvinism

Top 10 tourist destinations

1. Van Gogh Museum

2. House of Anne Frank

3. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

4. Keukenhof

5. Delft (historic city centre)

6. Kröller-Müller Museum

7. Delfshaven

8. Madurodam (Holland in miniature)

9. Kinderdijk (famous windmills)

10. Archeon (technology museum)

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Before your departure

Arrange your documents!

• Collect your passport and visa from the Dutch embassy

• Check validity of date of entry on your visa


Checklist

• Valid passport, entry visa, and birth certificate

• Marriage certificate (if applicable)

• Medical insurance

• Diplomas or certificates you already possess

• Admission letter + tuition fee receipts

• Scholarship letter (if applicable)

• Evidence you have enough money to stay

• Housing contract (if applicable)

• Address of university, telephone number of your contact person at the university

• Tools like cell phone, laptop, camera (and don’t forget the chargers)

• Summer and winter clothes

• Medicine (check with the airport the medicine you are allowed to take)

www.douane.nlTake both original and duplicated copies of these documents!


Booking a flight

• Book your ticket (return) – Dutch Company KLM • Luggage:

• Check the air company luggage allowance (baggage and hand bag)• Observe rules for liquids, creams, gels, aerosol cans and certain sharp or

explosive objects in hand bag

For on the plane, in your hand luggage

• Some cash (there are cash machines in the arrivals hall at Schiphol airport)

• Medical records, prescriptions for any medication

• Important documents


http://www.klm.com/

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Arrival at Schiphol Airport

• Passport control: show them your passport & visa, admission letter, return ticket and evidence of finance

• Pick up your luggage• Are you being picked up at the airport?

• If not, head for the airport train station and buy a ticket for your destination

• train information can be checked on www.ns.nl


http://www.ns.nl/

Important things to do upon your arrival

Register at the Dutch institution / international office

The institution will assist you to register at the town hall/immigration service register with IND for the temporary residence permit make an appointment with GGD for the TBC health check open a Dutch bank account

Don’t forget to register with your own embassy!


More things to do

Open a bank account

(ABN-AMRO, Rabobank, ING, and more)

Don’t forget to bring passport & visa, residence permit, address in the Netherlands

Arrange your housing

Buy a mobile phone

(T-Mobile, Vodafone, KPN, Orange, Tele2 and more)

Get a (second hand) bicycle!


Student housing

• In a student room: a shared house, with other students• On-campus (but not common)• Ask the help of your institution!


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Study in the Netherlands

• Different education system

• Different teaching style

• Education shock?!


Code of Conduct (CoC)

• Guarantee of the education quality in the Netherlands

• Condition to recruit international students

• Responsible organization: DUO

• List of Dutch institutions that signed the CoC

• Complaint: ask the CoC contact person at your host institution


http://www.ib-groep.nl/particulieren/default.asp

http://www.internationalstudy.nl/

Academic year

• From September til June (42 weeks)

• Semesters (4 months), trimesters (3 months) and blocks (6 weeks)

• At the research universities, there is usually a formal ceremony to mark the start of the academic year


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Lectures

• Different types of lectures• Independent, problem-based learning• Practical assignments• Group assignments and self-study• Work experience (internship)• Research• Essays, exams• Interactive• Students are expected to be assertive,

be able to work independently and

develop a ‘critical’ opinion.


Assessment, grading and credits

• Exams will consist of questions that ask to reproduce knowledge but also questions that ask for application, combining, criticizing and concluding.

• Exams can be ‘closed book’ or ‘open book’.• Most students get a mark between 6/60 and 8/80.• Grading is absolute with a fixed minimum score for passing.• Rules are rules. Norms for grading and assessment regulations are

hardly ever deviated from.• European Credit Transfer System• 1 ECTS = 28 hours of work• Grading scale 1 (very poor) – 10 (outstanding) • Lowest passing grade is 6 • Difficult to score a 10!


Relation teacher-studentformal --------------------------------------------x------- informal

equal ----x----------------------------------------------- hierarchical

• There is limited distance between teachers and students. • Dutch teachers are informal. They allow students to call them by their first name. • A teacher is very accessible and tends to be a true interlocutor for his/her

students.


Relation between students individualists -------------x------------------------------------- group

• Dutch students socialize with each other in study/student associations, sports clubs etc.

• It may seem that friendships with Dutch students are less easy to establish compared to other countries. It is less common to eat together, or visit each other’s houses.

• However, being part of an international classroom and/or living in students houses offers students the chance to meet students from all over the world


Interaction in classroom one way -------------------------------------------x--------- two way

communication communication

• In an international classroom it can be difficult to understand each other’s English. For example, a student from Ghana can speak English in an entirely different way compared to a student from Mexico.

• Lecturers raise questions to students and the other way round, discussion is stimulated.

• Team work as a method to learn from each other.


Direction of the learning process lecturer ---------------------------------------x----------- student

• There is less focus on the reproduction of knowledge. • Students need to develop and express their own opinions and creativity

in applying their newly acquired knowledge. • Students are expected to study actively and independently.• Lectures are often not compulsory.• Mix between detailed instructions and open assignments.


Aim of the learning processunderstanding ----------------------------------------x------------ professional

of theory and/or academic skills

• Memorizing and understanding are seen as valuable but only as the first step of learning. More emphasis is put on development of academic and/or professional skills.

• Students are expected to use the knowledge (applying, combining, selecting, and concluding) and develop an own opinion and critical attitude towards knowledge.

• For most Dutch students getting a passing grade is sufficient (6). • Dutch students are more process-oriented (knowing how to apply their newly

acquired knowledge) instead of result driven (getting the highest grade for an exam).


Use of resources many ------x------------------------------------------------ few

• International students will have to get used of the specific resources that they have at their disposal in the Netherlands like for instance Blackboard i.e. the online learning community/environment used by many Dutch higher education institutions.

• Students are expected to have basic practical skills already (computer skills, lab skills, field skills)

• Lectures are used to introduce the topic; not to present all content.• More compulsory and recommended literature available than students can study in

the time available. Students are expected to have skills in selecting literature and selecting the relevant sections for detailed study.


Education shock

• Dutch education style can differ from the style at home • You bring a set of values and expectations from your own country, culture and

education• The difference can result in frustration, feeling offended and fear at first• Start with an open mind and postpone judgement!

(Source: Ieneke ten Dam)


Student life in the Netherlands

• Welcome reception for international students

• Where to buy food?

• Shopping

• Transportation

• Networking

• Visiting people

• Not feeling well?

• Public holidays


Welcome reception

Dutch institutions organize welcome receptions for international students.


Culture shock

1. Tourist phase / honeymoon

2. I-hate-this country phase

3. Adjustment phase

4. Mastery phase


Culture shock symptoms

• Angry about minor inconveniences• Irritability• Withdrawal from people who are different from you• Extreme homesickness• Sudden intense feeling of loyalty to own culture or groups• Overeating or loss of appetite• Boredom• A need for excessive sleep• Feeling sick often (headaches, stomach aches)• Depression• Loss of ability to work or study effectively• Unexplained crying• Marital or relationship stress• Exaggerated cleanliness


How to overcome a culture shock

• Hang out with people/friends

• Join the sports club at your institution or in town

• Join a student club

• In case of difficulty: contact student counselor• Stay in touch with your family and friends


Not feeling well?

• Health insurance: valid from date of departure

• Don’t forget to extend the policy beyond the end date of your enrolment

• Basic medicines (paracetamol) available at supermarkets and drug stores

• Otherwise go to a GP or family doctor (huisarts)

• Diagnosis

• Go to a pharmacy (apotheek) for medicines

In case of an emergency:

• Call 112 (police, fire, ambulance)

• Hospital


Visiting people

• Dutch tend not like spontaneous or unannounced visits• Coffee is always ready to be served!• Gift for your host: flowers, cookies or chocolates


Shopping

• City centre

• Shopping etiquette

• Take a shopping bag with you

• Paying in cash/by ‘chipknip’/pin

• Bargaining is not customary

• Eye contact and greetings• In general: Monday to Friday 9:00 - 18:00 hrs,

Saturday 9:00-17.00 hrs

• “Koopavond” - late night shopping:

one evening each week shops close at 21:00 hrs (Thursday or Friday)• “Koopzondag” – Sunday trading: shops sometimes open on Sundays.


Where to buy food?• Buy food at the supermarket

(Aldi, Lidl and Bas = relatively cheap) (Albert Heijn, C1000, Super de Boer = relatively expensive) Some supermarkets are open from 8:00 hrs till 22:00 hrs

• Avondwinkel: shops that are open till late at night from 22.00-6.00 hrs (expensive!)

• Ethnic shops such as Asian (Indonesian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Thai) Moroccan, Japanese, Indian etc.

• Open air market: 1 or 2 times a week• University canteens• Restaurants (some expensive), some cafes offer cheap ‘dagmenu’s’• Dutch food


Dutch food

• Dutch way of eating: one hot meal a day (lunch or dinner)• Typical Dutch food

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Transportation

• Bicycle• Train• Tram/bus• Metro (Amsterdam & Rotterdam)• Taxi – very expensive• OV-card


Bicycles

• Buy a second hand bicycle (€25 - €100)

• Always lock your bike and switch your lights on at night. Preferably attach your bike to a bike stand, railing, lamppost, etc.

• Observe the traffic rules.

• Ride carefully!


Public holidays and traditions

1 January New Year’s Day

29 March Good Friday

31 March Easter

1 April Easter

30 April Queen’s Day*

4 May Remembrance Day

5 May Liberation Day

9 May Ascension Day

19-20 May Whitsun (Pentecost)

17 September Prinsjesdag

5 December Sinterklaas

25-26 December Christmas


Student life

• Member of a club or association• Member of sports club • Hang out• Terrace culture


Costs of living & part-time job

Life and study in Holland

€800 - €1,100 a month (total expenses)

Two job options:

1. 10 hours a week, all year round

2. Full-time during June, July and August only

• If you don’t work officially (zwart werk), you are not covered by insurance• Employers are not always willing to apply for the work permit for

international students, which makes it difficult to find a legal part-time job in the Netherlands

• We don’t recommend working while studying


Tips!

• Get together with other students to cook an international dinner

• Make a schedule for household chores, like cleaning and doing the dishes

• Respect each other’s culture and customs

• Try to get engaged in activities with other students at your institution or in your city.

• Useful websites and Do’s


Websites

• Brazilian Embassy in The Hague

http://www.brazilianembassy.nl/ • Brazilian Consulate in Rotterdam

http://roterda.itamaraty.gov.br/pt-br/

Dutch Ministry of foreign affairs

www.minbuza.nl/en/home

Dutch government immigration website

http://www.newtoholland.nl• International Students

www.internationalstudents.nl

www.internationalstudy.nl • Aduana Holandesa

www.douane.nl • Insurance

www.ips-lippmann.com

www.myaon.nl/students

• Nuffic (Study in Holland, Nuffic Neso Brazil and HAN Brazil)

www.nuffic.nl

www.estudenaholanda.org

www.hanbrazil.org

www.orangestudents.nl • Ciência sem Fronteiras

www.cienciasemfronteiras.gov.br• MRE – Brasileiros no Mundo

http://www.brasileirosnomundo.itamaraty.gov.br/• MTE – Brasileiras e Brasileiros no

exterior – informações úteis

http://www.mte.gov.br/trab_estrang/Brasil

http://www.brazilianembassy.nl/



http://www.minbuza.nl/en/home

http://www.newtoholland.nl/

http://www.newtoholland.nl/

http://www.internationalstudents.nl/

http://www.internationalstudy.nl/

http://www.douane.nl/

http://www.ips-lippmann.com/

http://www.myaon.nl/students

http://www.nuffic.nl/

http://www.estudenaholanda.org/

http://www.hanbrazil.org/

http://www.orangestudents.nl/

http://www.cienciasemfronteiras.gov.br/

http://www.brasileirosnomundo.itamaraty.gov.br/






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After graduation

Don’t forget to have your degree

certificate authenticated!

Legalizing your degree

DUO – IB-groep

Diploma Recognition & Legalization Dept.• DUO – IB-groep has been appointed by the Ministry of Education,

Culture and Science to keep track of who can issue what degrees, and who can sign them.

Check the information on their

http://www.duo.nl/International_visitors/Diploma_assessment/Going_abroad/Legalizing/s10_Legalizing.asp

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Stamps

You will need three stamps for legalization: One from DUO – IB-Groep

• Legalize signature One from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• Provide official translation One from the Embassy (or Consulate) of your country in the

Netherlands

• Legalize signature and Dutch procedure


Job opportunities

• The 12-month ‘search year’

• Work as a highly skilled migrant

• Job agency for international students and graudates in the Netherlands

Don’t forget to join in the Holland Alumni Network after your study!


http://www.nuffic.nl/international-students/alumni/working-after-your-studies/seeking-work-after-graduation/application-procedure

http://www.nuffic.nl/international-students/alumni/working-after-your-studies/admission-scheme-for-highly-educated-persons

http://www.importexpat.nl/

http://www.hollandalumni.nl/

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• Started its activities in november 2010

• Site: www.hanbrazil.org

• FB Page: www.facebook.com/hanbrazil

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Main activities:

- Promote the interaction among alumni as well as between future students;

- Hold events focused on networking and professional qualification;

- Centralize communication between Nuffic, DHEI, alumni and Dutch companies;

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Good luck and the best of success with your study programme in Holland!