University of Groningen - International Office - Faculty of Arts

17/08/2021

Have you not been vaccinated against the coronavirus yet and would you still like to? The UG, Hanze UAS and the Municipal Health Service (GGD Groningen) have arranged for all students to be able to get vaccinated easily without having to make an appointment, from Monday 16 until Friday 27 August. 💉

To do so, please go to the vaccination location at MartiniPlaza in Groningen. People between the ages of 18 and 26 can get vaccinated with the Janssen-vaccine (only one shot needed). You can stop by between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. and have to bring a valid form of identification, such as your passport or EU ID card. Vaccination is always voluntary. Together we can secure a safe restart by complying with the safety rules but also by getting vaccinated.

Are you between the ages of 16 and 18 or would you like to receive a different vaccine? You’re welcome too! Then you may receive the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine at Martiniplaza, after which an appointment will be made for your second vaccination 21 days later.

After 27 August, you will, of course, still be able to get vaccinated by making an appointment with the GGD Groningen or the GGD Friesland. We are also looking at the possibility of vaccinating students without an appointment in September.

Finally, please keep checking our website rug.nl/corona for general information and updates.📍

15/04/2021

Help a former UG exchange student out by filling in his Survey!
Are/were you an Erasmus+ exchange student fill in this questionnaire, it will take 5 minutes.

Hey there! My name is Timur and I'm writing my Master's thesis on the impact of Erasmus+ on its participants. I myself just finished my mobility in the University of Groningen and got really inspired to research the programme further. If you are or have been a participant in Erasmus+ mobility, pleas...

04/01/2021

Sign up for the online ESN Groningen introduction week!

Welcome to the official page of the ESN Week of February 2021! During this week, you will do a lot of fun activities! Of course, you will not be doing this alone, as you will be assigned into a group…

13/11/2020

ESN Groningen presents: Intercambio Programme

Are you interested in going abroad or are you currently on exchange in Groningen? Have you learned a new language but are you afraid of not getting enough practice? Or do you just want to try and learn a new language all together? Sign up for the intercambio programme! The goal of the project is for students to learn each other’s language and meet new people. You will be linked to another student to practice a language. There are a lot of different nationalities in Groningen so there are plenty of languages available to learn! You can meet as many times if you want and nothing is compulsory. It is also possible to sign up for this programme if you only want to teach or only want to learn a language. We will try our best to find everyone a suitable language partner. You can find all the information and the sign-up form on our website.

Are you interested in going abroad or are you currently on exchange in Groningen? Have you learned a new language but are you afraid of not getting enough practice? Or do you just want to try and…

28/09/2020

View from the top of the Forum Groningen. 😍
📷: Marscha van der Vlies

28/08/2020

To commemorate the "Groningens Ontzet", every year there are festivities around Groningen on the 28th August. The day is also known as “Bommen Berend”, named after the bishop of Münster, who laid siege to the City of Groningen in 1672.

Unfortunately the festivities have been cancelled due to COVID-19, but you can see the flag of Groningen (white and green) on a lot of buildings today as a reminder of “Bommen Berend”.

23/08/2020

Did you know that the Winsum is only a short (15 minutes) train ride away from Groningen. So if you’re in Groningen it’s quite easy to plan a trip to ‘the most beautiful village of the Netherlands’.

Planning a visit to the Netherlands? Why not consider some of the country's most beautiful villages?
Winsum was crowned 'most beautiful village in the Netherlands' today. Other serious contenders were Elsloo, Oisterwijk, Hollum and Urk. In a competition by the Dutch Road Users Association ANWB, members had selected the 50 prettiest villages in the country. A jury visited all those places and selected the top-5. Winsum was chosen as the most attractive of them all.

👉 Read the full story in Dutch on the ANWB website: https://www.anwb.nl/eropuit/nieuws/2020/augustus/mooiste-dorpen-verkiezingsuitslag
👉 A news article in English is available via DutchNews.nl: https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/08/groningens-winsum-is-voted-the-netherlands-prettiest-village/

05/08/2020

The Harmonie building this sunny afternoon. ☀️