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Yonas Negash wins Henk Zijm Award

This year’s Henk Zijm Award went to Yonas Negash, the president of UniTe. This annual award is given to a UT student or organization that makes a special contribution to the internationalization of the university.

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'ITC is the whole world in one building'

ITC (Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation) officially began its academic year today. New ITC students were welcomed not only by the faculty's dean, Professor Tom Veldkamp, but also by Daniel E. Irwin, a research scientist from NASA.

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Dine with the Dutch

Are you an international living in Twente and is it difficult for you to mingle with the locals? Would you like to change that? It´s simple. Dine with the Dutch!

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'There is no reason not to succeed in Twente'

'More cooperation between business administration and technology can be beneficial to the mission of the University of Twente,' says Iftekhar Hasan, Professor of Finance from the Fordham University in New York and a guest professor at the UT. As a renowned expert, he has been invited to assist with new research initiatives and interdisciplinary collaboration.

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UT starts collaboration with top institutes, IRCAD and IHU

The University of Twente has expanded its network of international partners, which now includes IRCAD and IHU, top French institutes dedicated to innovative surgery. Today, on the 8th of March 2016, all involved parties attended a kick-off meeting at the UT to celebrate this new collaboration in the fields of education and research.

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Issues with international housing

Finding a suitable accommodation near the UT is often problematic for international students. They usually don´t speak Dutch, they come from different continents and completely different cultures and they often need to travel. To find a person, who is willing to rent to them, is therefore extremely difficult. According to students, this situation is not made easier by the university, which provides internationals with maximum of one year of accommodation.

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International in Twente - ISA

In this seventh episode, we tell the story of ISA: the Indian Student Association. Their Holi and Diwali festivals have become increasingly popular over the last couple of years, also among Dutch students. But, of course, they organize more activities!

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Housing anywhere - housing platform for students

Are you going to study abroad for a few months and need an accommodation? Or are you struggling to find a room in Enschede? Then Housing Anywhere might be the perfect solution for you. This international housing platform was made for exchange and internship students, who want to rent out their rooms while they are abroad and maybe also find a short-term accommodation for themselves.

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International in Twente - LA VOZ

In this sixth episode, you’ll get an inside look in the Latin-American student association LA VOZ (translated: the voice). The association was founded about six years ago, with the idea of sharing the Latin-American culture with people from other parts of the world. Also to make people from Latin-America feel more at home in Enschede. How they do that? With music, dance and – of course – good food!

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Let’s GO! Study abroad fair

The annual Let’s GO! Study abroad fair took place today, 17th of November 2015. The event serves as an information market for UT students, who are interested in studying or doing an internship abroad, and gives them the opportunity to learn about the different partner universities and institutes that can make this experience possible.

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'More freedom to make mistakes'

Large numbers of foreign students come to the UT to get their Masters degree. But sometimes, Bachelor students from other continents come here to study as well. How did they end up in Twente?

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International in Twente - Serena Casanova

In this fifth episode it's the story of master's student Chemical Engineering Serena Casanova from Italy. Her Dutch buddy Daniëlle Bethlehem introduced her to the city of Enschede and the student life here. They tell about cooking, baking and watching movies together and about the direct and punctual nature of Dutch people.

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