Trường Đại học Saxion, Hà Lan sẽ cấp một học bổng 100% học phí cho  một sinh viên chuyên ngành du lịch trong chương trình trao đổi sinh viên theo một học kì tại Hà Lan, dự kiến học từ 2/2015. Sinh viên theo học chương trình tự chịu kinh phí đi lại, sinh hoạt. Kết quả học tập của sinh viên tại ĐH Saxion sẽ được Trường ĐH Kinh Tế, ĐH ĐN công nhận, thay thế cho một số môn tự chọn trong chương trình chính khóa. Hạn cuối nôp hồ sơ 01/11/2014.

Concerning the choice of studies: We (normally) offer three semesters, as packages of 30 ETCS. This means your student has to choose a semester, and can not choose their subjects one by one. Normally we offer two second year and one third/fourth year level semester, however one of these is tourism management so it is good to keep this in mind: Second year: entrepreneurship in tourism management and entrepreneurship in hotel management. The tourism course is in Deventer and is available in both semesters (so starting in September and also starting in February),

The entrepreneurship in hotel management course is located in Apeldoorn and it is only available once in an academic year, starting in September (so not in the second semester, starting February, unfortunately). This timing is unfortunately problematic, as we can not accept students to this course in the second semester.

The competences offered in the entrepreneurship in tourism management and entrepreneurship in hotel management courses are the same, but the context in which we study them comes from the specific fields of tourism or hotel management (so it makes more sense for your hotel management students, to join the hotel management course of course).

We also offer a third/fourth year level semester, called HBS semester. This is a completely new program, and will be launched this September with a small class (only one class), but from February on with many students one full scale. There are 4 compulsory courses and two electives (for the details please consult the attached document). The HBS semester is open to both hotel and tourism management students, we consider their specific background, and especially in the electives they can profile themselves. (the hotel management related courses are also located in Apeldoorn, the tourism related ones in Deventer).

For further details on these semesters, please check the attached document with the details of the study routes.

Application process:

We launched a new online application system from this semester on. This enables ongoing applications, and I will inform the student you would like to send on the details when we will be that far. The official application deadline is 31st of Oct. for students coming in the second semester (which starts in February), however the administration for non European students is rather time consuming and complicated, so I would like to ask you to select the student in September, to leave enough time for everything.

For the visa, and they also need an English certificate, the minimum required level is IELTS 6.0 or equivalent other international English exams. This is a very important thing to consider in the selection of course.

Accommodation:

Unfortunately Saxion does not have dormitories. Housing is exclusively provided in a form of flat-share, Saxion rents private apartments where students can be accommodated.

Students share an apartment with kitchen and bathroom, and all students have an own room. There are different types of rooms on offer, their prices vary between 450-500 eur./month (the housing officers will provide you details about this, at housing@saxion.nl). The payment of these rooms happens in one sum before you arrive, and students also have to pay one month extra fee as deposit which is given back at the end of your stay in case everything is fine with the apartment.

This is financially very demanding, so please also inform the students, that they will have to pay appr. 4000 eur in one sum appr. 2 months before the arrival (this covers the housing and the insurance and administration fees for residence permit). Plus of course they will have to be able to cover their living expenses and their travel here. This will probably already filter many interested students unfortunately.

For non-EU citizens (as Vietnamese) it is obligatory to take a room by Saxion, due to our obligation  to take care of student visa and residence permit.

Accommodation is organised only in Deventer, however the hotel management courses are all located in Apeldoorn.

Apeldoorn is appr. 20 km away from Deventer , by train, depending on the type of train 12-15 min, and 15 min. walk to the school from the station. This is due to the fact that Deventer is a student town with all activities and parties, etc (students accommodated in Apeldoorn complained about feeling alone on the weekends, etc, even though that is a bigger town, and there is school usually three weeks a day, meaning three times travelling).

Concerning the selection, based on my experience I would like to offer some aspects to your attention which I feel make the life of students coming here easier:

1. English knowledge is the most important requirement, students can hardly survive without a very good level of English. Students shall not come here to learn English... they need to be able to follow lessons, read the materials, and most importantly for Asian students, get engaged in discussions in the lesson and during team work, in English language. Of course, their language knowledge will be greatly improved by all these activities, however they need to have a good entry level, otherwise they will not make good experiences here... we require the regular first year students to show IELTS 6.0 (or TOEFL comparable) before they start their studies, then they follow Business English in all semesters and follow all other courses in English, so their levels are way higher in reality than IELTS 6.0. Still, this level is suitable to start studying here. Reading and listening are important, however writing skills even more important, but the most important is talking...

2. Students who have an open and communicative personality are more suitable to study successfully with us, in my experience.  If someone is very shy, very respectful, is not helpful here...

3. Motivation is very important. I can imagine it is a great opportunity for CV building to study in Europe, however it is a more suitable motivation if you feel the student is really into experiencing a different world, different approach to working/studying, etc (as being open). I have seen Asian students who fully adopted within a semester, and also know some who have been here for 4 years, and are still so typical Asian in their approach, behaviour etc. These students, who have not been able to (willing to) adopt have a really complicated life here... (like Europeans would, not being willing to adjust in Asia)

4. Study results at home may suggest some propensity to take studies seriously, however our system and approach is so different, I would like to encourage you to give more emphasis to the previously mentioned three aspects in the selection. (so, opennes and communicative personality is more important than the marks, to be successful here)

5. Maybe a little bit older students may be better, more mature... however this is not always the case. (also, older students, students from higher years have more options for the study choices, as described above).