Published 16 June 2009
Here are some practical tips and useful information for students who have accepted an invitation to study at AUC and will be arriving in January 2012 to start their studies.
Introductory activities will be organised from 30 January, in the week before the start of the semester, and all new students are expected to participate. More details on the activities surrounding introduction week will be communicated by e-mail. Classes start on 6 February.
International students are strongly advised to arrive at least a week prior to introduction week in order to allow enough time to attend to practical matters such as getting a residence permit and opening a bank account.
AUC's academic year runs parallel with that of the VU University Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam.
The spring semester 2012 is 20 weeks long, divided into 16 weeks (6 February 2012 to 1 June 2012) and 4 weeks (4 June 2012 to 29 June 2012). There are no classes from 30 April to 6 May.
For more information on the academic calendar, please see the link below:
DUWO, the student housing association that runs the student residences, allocates the rooms to students. For more information, see link below. The accommodation is a mix of single and shared rooms. Please note that while DUWO will do its very best to respect your preferences when allocating your room, they cannot guarantee it.
You will be able to collect your key from DUWO between 08.30 and 17.00 on working days (Monday to Friday). For more information see link below.
The IC facilities at AUC, such as a wireless network throughout the academic building, have been set up to enable students to use their own laptops for their studies. There are, therefore, no computer rooms with PCs for student use in the AUC academic building. So AUC students are expected to bring their own laptops.
For more information, and recommended specifications for laptops, see link below.
To avoid having large amounts of cash on AUC premises, AUC uses Chipknip for payments for, for example, food and drink in the café in the AUC Common Room, and for paying for printing and photocopying. AUC students are therefore expected to have a Chipknip card.
If you have a Dutch bank account you probably already have a bank card with Chipknip - you can recognise it by the gold-coloured chip on the front (if not, do ask your bank for one). International students will get advice on opening a Dutch bank account and obtaining a bank card with Chipknip.
Would you like to talk directly to an AUC student to find out more about the student experience at AUC? See the information below on how to contact one of our students to ask them all you would like to know about the academic programme, student life at AUC, living on the AUC campus, and other questions you may have about studying at AUC.
Source: AUC
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