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The Student Exchange Officer in Netherlands : Merel van der Flier
The name and abbreviation of the association : KNPSV: Koninklijke Nederlandse Pharmaceutische Studenten Vereniging, which means: Royal Dutch Pharmaceutical Students' Association.
Total number of places per year? (approximately) : 10
Area possibilities?
- Community/ hospital/ industry/ research in a university/ other?
- Can you describe the work in more detail? : 		Community and hospital. Trying to make industry possible in 2008.
Length of training periods? (usually 1-3 months) : 1 month usually.
Available months and cities ?
- Specify whether or not full month is required
- Comments? : 		June-September. In our summer vacation, July and August, are most students placed. Cities: when a pharmacist responds to our request lettre, we can place a student there. So depending on who responding, we place students all over the country.
The type of accommodation?
- Student residence/ family/ hostel/ other?
- Paid by: the student/ the host association/ employer/ others? If paid by the student how much is it approximately : 		The student will be hosted at the pharmacist or at a student's home. The student will not have to pay for staying at a host family.
Board, pocket money or other financial benefits/ remuneration?
- Board paid by: the student/ the host association/ employer/ others?
- Pocket money provided (Yes / No)?
- Other po : 		The SEP in The Netherlands is a non paid job. When the host family invites the student for an excursion or other activity, the host and the student will have to discuss the finances.
Social events? Possible presence of other exchange student at the same time in the same city (students of pharmacy or other fields)? : In the past students got placed all over the country. I'm trying to place the students in 2008 in university cities, for more student activity. Our international committee will organise some nice events.
Language requirements : English. Most of the Dutch people speak English well. To have a nice time and to able to understand what's going on, the student should speak good English.
Other requirements for the student?
- Minimum year of study?
- Graduated? : 		3rd year
Information on Work Permits and Visa : Whether you need any visa depends on your own country. You should check it at the embassy.
Selection Procedures?
- Deadline to apply?
- % Bilateral exchanges usually done?
- Choice of the Exchange Student by: the SEO / the host (employer)? : 		The deadline to apply is december. At least 50% is bilateral. The SEO decides which students will be excepted for the SEP.
Special remarks : The Netherlands is a small country with a great variety of nature and cultures between different areas in the country. It's small enough to discover many beautiful things in a short time.
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This information has been updated the last time on 2007-11-19

answers from the evaluation of student that that went to Netherlands .

Question Score from 1 to 5 of the answers
How was the application procedure?Too complicated0 %5 %20 %25 %50 %Easy and clear
Did you get enough information about the Exchange conditions?No0 %5 %15 %20 %60 %yes
What do you think of the IPSF Web Site?Very unclear0 %15 %5 %60 %20 %Very clear
How was the assistance provided by your SEO? Was it easy to get in contact with the SEO?Bad0 %0 %0 %0 %0 %very good!
Did those activities fulfil your expectations?No15 %5 %15 %20 %45 %Very much
Was it easy to reach the place where you stayed?No , very difficult10 %0 %10 %15 %65 %Yes , no transport problems
Did you feel at home at the place where you stayed?Not at all0 %0 %0 %25 %75 %Very much
Was your employer interested in teaching you?Not at all0 %5 %0 %10 %85 %Very interested
Do you think the work you did was interesting?Not at all0 %0 %5 %35 %60 %Very interesting
Do you think you learned enough during your traineeship?Not at all0 %0 %10 %15 %75 %Yes I do
Did the work correspond to the information that you received before the traineeship?Not at all0 %5 %15 %15 %65 %Yes
Did you experience any communication problems during your traineeship?Not at all70 %15 %5 %10 %0 %Yes , many
Was this too much?Not at all75 %15 %10 %0 %0 %Yes far too much
Did you get the opportunity to visit the country?Not at all0 %0 %10 %60 %30 %Yes more than enough
Were the traineeship and visit as you expected?Not at all0 %0 %0 %30 %70 %Yes I am very
Would you advise other students to apply for this association's SEP?Not at all0 %0 %0 %5 %95 %Yes definitely

Evaluations of students that went to Netherlands

  • 01/07/2005 - 31/07/2005 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/07/2005 - 31/07/2005 : EG1/04/00037: very positive evaluation
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  • 26/06/2005 - 01/08/2005 : very positive evaluation
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  • 25/07/2005 - 23/08/2005 : very positive evaluation
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  • 08/08/2005 - 26/08/2005 : ES1/04/00009: very positive evaluation
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  • 01/09/2005 - 30/09/2005 : ID/04/00002: positive evaluation
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  • 01/07/2006 - 29/07/2006 : ES1/05/00084: very positive evaluation
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  • 14/08/2006 - 07/09/2006 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/09/2006 - 25/09/2006 : very positive evaluation
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  • 03/06/2007 - 01/07/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 29/06/2007 - 22/07/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 06/07/2007 - 27/07/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 07/07/2007 - 03/08/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 07/07/2007 - 03/08/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 30/07/2007 - 24/08/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 15/08/2007 - 15/09/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/09/2007 - 30/09/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/07/2008 - 31/07/2008 : very positive evaluation
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  • 14/08/2008 - 12/09/2008 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/09/2008 - 30/09/2008 : very positive evaluation
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