EXPERIENCE REPORT
The student report will be published on the:
 Study Abroad website (under “Experiences” from partner universities)
 TSH study abroad blackboard page
I am fine with my report being published online: YES
ANR: 148484
Name: Niels Verhaegh
E-mail: nielsverhaegh@gmail.com
Exchange semester:
Fall , 2015
Academic year: 2015/2016
Host University: University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)
Country: Australia
I GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHOOL
The university campus is located just outside the Central Business District (CBD) of Sydney.
The CBD is the middle of Sydney and runs all the way to the Harbor Bridge and the Opera
house. The last years the university is investing a lot of money in education and new
buildings. So you have the newest facilities at your disposal. It is a very big university, with a
lot of international students. In some of my courses there were hardly any Australian people.
In the CBD there are a lot of nice place to go for food or drinks, but if you go outside the CBD,
there are also some very nice places for food or drinks and they are a bit less expensive (Yes,
less expensive and not cheaper ). Sydney is a very nice city, it is safe, lots of nice people
and nice bars.
II PRACTICAL INFORMATION
The Visa procedure is very easy and quick. I went in the fall (spring in Australia), so I left
around 15 Juli and the semester runs until the end of November, but your visa date will be 31
deccember, so you can stay until the end of January in Australia (End semester date + one
month)! You need an electronic visa and I received it a couple of hours after I submitted my
request. I already booked a flight before my visa, and my check-in date in my apartment (oncampus) was 17 Juli, so I landed that day in the morning. UTS housing arranged a free
shuttle from the airport to the university. You can check in and get the keys at the university.
And the university has an own shuttle service which will bring you to your housing
accommodation (only oncampus). There are a lot of volunteers waiting to help you at the
university and at your housing.
I would also recommend to arrive on the check-in date, because there will be introduction
activities, so you can meet a lot of people already! The on-campus housing is very good
organized, but there is a lot of security at some of them, so partying late and stuff is more
difficult. But I can still recommend it.
The introduction week at UTS are just formal activities and welcomes. And they don’t
organize an introduction week like we do in Tilburg (Or other universities). But we organized
our own gartherings/parties during the introduction week.
The Living costs in Sydney are very high, your rent will be around 1000 AUD a month.
Groceries are very expensive and alcohol aswell. Sometimes it can be cheaper to eat out at a
bar. This because at almost all bars you can get a student discount.
Living Costs
 Please outline your approximate monthly budget whilst on exchange:
 Housing 1000 AUD a month
 Food 300 AUD a month
 Transport 40 AUD a month
 Books 200 AUD total
UTS has a lot of clubs and extracurricular activities. I joint the outdoor club and the UTS
motorsports team. I hardly went to activities of the outdoors club, because I spend all my time
at the UTS motorsports team. But at these clubs and teams you also meet lot of Australian
people and not only international people.
II ACADEMIC INFORMATION
The courses and way of teaching is pretty much the same, groupwork, individual parts, and
exams. Just the same at at TiU.
Description of Courses
 Course level: Master
 ECTS credits: 30
Course Name
Prerequisites
Exam
Major at TiU
Technology and
Innovations
management
Value
chain
management
systems
Quality
planning
and Analysis
Yes, Bachelor
Written
and
group work
Supply
Chain
Management
Yes, Bachelor
Economics,
engineering
Yes, Bachelor
Economics,
engineering
Yes, Bachelor
in
Engineering
Written
groupwork
Advanced
Moddeling
Flow
Approved
as
(minor/ elective
/ extra)
Elective
and
Elective
Written en final
assignment
Elective
Group
assignments
and
final
individual
assignment
Elective
All and all it was a very good experience for me. I made lots of friends and met a lot of
interresing people with even better stories. I learned a lot from studying in at UTS and at
participating in the team. I would recommend it to everyone.
Contact details:
Can the International Relations Office share your e-mail address with prospective exchange
students, so that other students could contact you for more information? YES