Avans Hogeschool

Nice building, grossly mismanaged organization. In short some of my Dutch acquaintances told me they are hiding Avans Den Bosch from their resumes because of its reputation, this should be enough info for everyone. Its administration has been committing the same mistakes from more than a decade ago, and wonders "what happened?" when students complain. I attended it for 2 years (one of which company internships) without doing sufficient prepior research, and I only have myself to blame. Before attending it, the admission office refused to let me interview its alumni, should have been a glaring red flag. An intern we just interviewed today is actually from a town nearby. She rolled her eyes immediately when she talked about this school. I hope Avans didn't develop some kind of local reputation over the years, bad reputation is the death knell of all enterprises. Pros: nice staff overall (very good librarian) , convenient location, relatively low tuition. It was a nice surprise when the Dutch government delta scholarship refunded me my first year tuition fee. Cons: miscommunication, some incompetent teachers who are next to impossible to fire. Facts, chronologically: 1. During my first year, there were 8 students from Germany who intended to study IBL there for 4 full years, they were all gone after their first semester. Should have taken the hint. 2. After I failed my first internship in Germany due to my poor German, I informed my teachers that I was to apply for international internships. I attained b1 level fluency after some intensive training, and went back to Avans with 9 offers from Spanish companies (2 with good pay, one excellent offer from a robot company), I was informed this time however the university could no longer permit internships outside of the Netherlands as a part of IBL study. 3. I was told by my "tutor" that I was to give a 15 minute presentation for my graduation paper. It turned out the time limit was 5 minutes. (better than other way around ;) I still passed thank god! 4. One week before my graduation, I received an email from Avans stating I was eligible for another scholarship - another full year tuition refund, and they kindly invited me to attend a ceremony in Breda. However, 2 days before said ceremony, I received another email saying there was an accounting error, there's no scholarship. I was not even surprised at that point.

Amazing school, very good coffee as well. Atmosphere is very good and friendly.

Top school, easily accessible and now plenty of workplaces. Food from the canteen is great, you can also enjoy a full lunch there. Only a spa and gym is missing!

Good

Accessible place, only drawback is that there are only paid parking spaces in the area