University of Groningen Student Blog

To celebrate the summer holidays, we've compiled 10 GIFs that summarize the good (and not so good) aspects of summer in 2020.

Getting bored in corona times? Always aspired to grow plants? Read Danique's blog on how to become a plant person while in uni.

For anyone who has not been here yet, it is easy to imagine the Netherlands as a country where people live in windmills and dance around in tulip fields in their wooden clogs. In this blog, Asmo has debunked some of the most popular myths about the Netherlands, so that you won’t arrive here in your brand new clogs and be disappointed. 

In this blog, Danique looks back to her times as a bachelor's student and what she misses about it.

In this blog, I will share some of the things you can expect when coming here. Moreover I'll give you some additional tips on what to do despite the social distancing rules and what you can look forward to once Groningen goes back to normal.

Want to embrace your Dutch side and integrate with Dutch culture? Danique has 8 tips to help you with that!

In this blog, we’d like to share some of our own experiences and help all the new first-year students on their way by learning from the mistakes we made.

A list of the top 10 Dutch traps that international students are likely to encounter when they actually move to the Netherlands.

Lecturers belong to a university like fish belong in water, and you will definitely come across quite a few different ones during your studies. For this blog, Asmo has tried to come up with 5 distinct types of lecturers that you will probably run into during your time at uni.

Ever wondered what happens at the UG during the summer? 2020 has a lot going on, check it out: