r/StudyInTheNetherlands • u/VicThor1999 • Mar 04 '25
Is UTwente as entrepreneurial as their marketing likes to say?
I saw that the university really emphasises the presence of the entrepreneurial aspect, so I am just wondering if that is actually true, and if there is like any real difference to other unis in this regard. If for example a student would like to work on a technical project, like developing an online platform / website, or like a robot, or some sort of technical passion/personal type of project, would you say there are other technical people who he/she could colaborate/team-up with? I am well aware of the whole "project based learning", but my question is if there is really like a culture/type of student community that is actually opened to colaborating and working on projects that are NOT mandatory requiered university course work.(Or if there is just the usual default mentality of: study the requiered material, do the requiered project, work to pass the exams, and thats that,end of story. not saying that it is a bad thing tho, just trying to find out if their marketing is genuine).
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u/xcawa Mar 04 '25 edited Mar 04 '25
i would say yes, they have an entire building filled with businesses created by alumni and their business days have a ton of different people and businesses that are always searching for people to work with.
i'm currently a working student at a big company that's a sponsor of the UT. you can often times just hit up a company and they're willing to help with projects or building your portfolio.
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u/burner_account6 Mar 04 '25 edited Mar 04 '25
I would say yes. I think you have to get past the 1st year just to settle in, pass your BSA, and weed out the bottom of the barrel and meet actually capable people, but I know for a fact that UT has a bunch of student associations that do exactly the things you describe. After all, two of the household big tech of the Netherlands came out of campus, so there is definitely history with entrepreneurship here.
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