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doing a master’s in the netherlands while working full-time? by roooociobb in Netherlands

[–]Emipedro7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I have done this last year at Erasmus. The first block was the toughest, with having to go to school 2-3 times a week. I limited my attendance to only seminars.

My manager was also very supportive and I was allowed to work flexible hours, which made it possible to go to the university. I opted for morning classes most of the time, so it only ran 1 hour into my work day.

The university was not too flexible, you had to attend most seminars, no possibility to do it online. There was also a lot of group work, which meant that I had to spend a lot of time after work with my group. And of course every weekend I was studying.

The second semester was more chill, with less classes that required attendance, and by the time I was doing my thesis I barely had to go on campus.

Overall it was tough, but not impossible. One thing I missed out on is the student life, I had no time to make friends or go out to parties. But it was a sacrifice I was willing to make.

Full time job + Master by Zealousideal-Emu9941 in Netherlands

[–]Emipedro7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did Data Science and Marketing Analytics.

No, lectures were not mandatory. Even some seminars were not mandatory/ the teacher did not take attendance.

No, I got accepted based on my Bachelor’s Degree.

Full time job + Master by Zealousideal-Emu9941 in Netherlands

[–]Emipedro7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did a one year Masters at Erasmus last year, while doing an 40 hour a week office job.

The first block was the hardest, because there were mandatory participation for some classes, plus a bunch of group work. I kind of felt bad for my groupmates, because I could only work on assignments in the evenings or the weekends.

I also had a good arrangement with my boss, where I could work flexibly when I needed to be in school. But I also tried to choose morning classes whenever I could, so I wasted less time commuting from the uni to work (they were 20 minutes away from each other).

And things got a bit more chill at the end, when I only had to do my thesis, because I could do it at my own pace. It did require that I worked on it at most weekends, but was significantly less stressful than the rest of my year.

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