Start academic year and checklist

Start of your NHTV career is in sight

You have applied for one of the bachelor programmes at NHTV and you will start studying in Breda soon, which faces you with many things to take care of. On this page you will find a checklist of the most important matters.

If you are Dutch, the Dutch checklist is more suited for you.

Do you have still questions left? Please, contact our International Office at international.office(at)nhtv.nlor +31 76 533 22 13

Has your enrolment been arranged completely?

• Check if your enrolment is arranged completely. Did you send the application package to NHTV? Has the payment been taking care of? Check it with the step-by-step plan of the application manual.
• You have requested your student grant at the DUO - IB-Groep.
• You have requested your student travel product (OV-jaarkaart).

Living in The Netherlands

• Acquire a room. Start in time.
• Finances, grants & scholarships.
• Apply for visa.
• Make sure you are insured (health, liability, fire and theft).
• Register yourself at a Dutch address at the municipality.
• Find a family doctor, dentist and chemist's in Breda (website is in Dutch).
• Download the documents for new international students (International Office).

Purchasing materials

• Laptop. Please mind the technical requirements.
• Software. As NHTV student, you can purchase software through Surfspot for a strongly reduced price. Choose NHTV and use your NHTV account and password to enter the site. Surfspot guide (pdf) in English.
• Books. Order new books through Studystore or look for second-hand books.

Good to know

• 3^th September 2012 is the first lecture day, but the academic year starts with the introduction week.
• When planning your year, take a look at the holidays in the academic year 2012-2013.
• Most students have a job on the side. Take a look at the bijbaantjes (mostly in Dutch, sometimes also for international students), maybe there is a job for you.
• BeBreda.com is the student website for all (future) Breda students. On this site you find a lot of information about student city Breda.
• Becoming a member of a student association is a good way to make many new friends in no time.
• NHTV supports Tandem Language Learning: you learn Dutch from a native speaker, while at the same time you teach your own language to the Dutch person.
• To improve your English, you can take an English language preparatory course.

Keep in touch

• The Insight Students keeps you informed about everything an NHTV student needs to know. During your study you receive the Insight in your mailbox every week, but you can already keep in touch with Insight on Twitter and Facebook.
• NHTV is also on Twitter and Facebook. The messages of NHTV are not especially aimed at students, but may sometimes be interesting to you.