About Netherlands and Groningen

Welcome

A little about Groningen

Groningen has a population of almost 198,000, 30% of which are students, making it one of the youngest and most student friendly cities in the Netherlands! Everything is accessible by bicycle as the whole city is only 84 square kilometres in area. 

Useful websites and addresses
 
General information about Holland 
Dutch Embassy in India: www.hollandinindia.org   
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with addresses of Dutch embassies abroad: www.minbuza.nl/en/home
Information on new Dutch immigration laws: http://www.nuffic.nl/international-students/how-to-prepare/visas-and-permits/long-stay-visa/new-immigration-law
Netherlands Board of Tourism: http://www.holland.com/global     

Study in Holland
Everything about study in Holland, Database of English-taught study programmes: www.studyinholland.nl
Online search engine, which brings together a range of Dutch scholarships for international students:www.grantfinder.nl
The website of the international student organization:www.aiesec.nl
The site of the Erasmus Student Network in the Netherlands:www.esn-nl.org
Nuffic, Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education:www.nuffic.nl
Code of Conduct and complete list of higher education institutions in Holland:www.internationalstudy.nl
More information about accreditation and a list of accredited study programmes:www.nvao.nl
The Association of Universities in the Netherlands:www.vsnu.nl
The Association of Universities of Applied Sciences:www.hbo-raad.nl
AON, insurance for foreign students:www.myaon.nl/students
IPS, the Insurance Passport for Students, is specially developed for students, researchers and teachers going abroad to study or work:www.ips-lippmann.com
Living in the Netherlands or moving to the Netherlands:www.expatica.com/index.asp , http://www.intermediair.nl/
​Learn Dutch; the Learn Dutch website is a resource for Distance Learners who like to exercise their mind with a difficult-to-learn language: www.learndutch.org