How does the ISO staff remain friendly to International students?

June 1, 2011 in What's up by Ko Duhyun

  Interview of Etelka Csonka who is a staff of International students office in Hanze University. How does she keep the friendliness to even international students who have a pile of unusual questions? Who is the first Dutch person that international students are in touch with before coming to Groningen? Usually they receive an e-mail from an international student office. For studying in the Netherlands, they have to deal with many documents and they are faced with complicated situations. At that time, staffs of International student office are always with you. Whatever you ask them about life in Groningen, all [...]

Why do Korean students choose to study in Netherlands?

March 31, 2011 in What's up by Ko Duhyun

In Hanze university. there are a lot of Korean students! “When the earthquake struck New Zealand, one of my Korean cousins was apprehensive about my safety and called me on Skype hurriedly. Isn’t it funny? At that time, I was in the Netherlands,” says Sungyi Yoon (22). She was an exchange student from Chung-ang University. Her cousin was confused and thought she was studying in New Zealand because the names of both countries have similar pronunciations in Korean. However, her cousin’s mistake mainly results from the fact that New Zealand is a popular country for Korean students who want to [...]