Insurance
May 28, 2010
Before coming to the Netherlands, make sure that you have taken out proper health insurance. Dutch law requires everyone living in the Netherlands to be covered by health insurance.
Students must make sure that they have adequate cover.
There are three healthcare insurance possibilities:
- Your insurance policy in your home country covers your stay in the Netherlands
- You take out a new or special insurance policy for your stay in the Netherlands
- You have to take out a Dutch public healthcare insurance.
If you do not have adequate cover, you will have to take out an insurance. In some situations you may be obliged to join the Dutch public health insurance scheme, for example if you have a part-time job in the Netherlands or when you do a paid internship. The student dean at your host institution can provide you with more information. Some insurance policies are specially developed for students.
Liability insurance
Liability insurance provides cover for loss or damage that you accidentally cause to someone else and which you are held liable for. This kind of insurance might not be so common in other countries, but you could find yourself in trouble if you damage someone’s property while in the Netherlands and don’t have proper insurance cover.
www.ips-lippmann.com
www.myaon.nl/students
Housing
If you are taking part in an exchange programme or are enrolled in an international course, it is quite possible that a room will be arranged for you. Accept it immediately, or you might regret it later! Finding a place to live in a country as crowded as the Netherlands is not easy. It is even difficult for Dutch students to find rented rooms on the private market.Rooms are generally unfurnished, and kitchens and bathrooms are often shared with others. Most rental contracts are for at least six month a year. Before you leave your own country, ask your host institution whether or not housing will be arranged for you in advance.
Diploma evaluation
Where possible, a foreign diploma is compared to a Dutch diploma. If the diploma holder completed a programme that has no equivalent in the Dutch education system,a comparable level is indicated. Individual courses or modules that were taken, the study load and the academic level of the programme are taken into account. Nuffic has a number of in-house experts specialized in the education systems of specific countries. Advice about of specific countries. Advice about foreign education systems and diplomas is normally providing in writting, but may occasionally be given by telephone.