Is this the right study for you?

Are you intending to study Dutch Studies? Then you are obviously interested in another language and culture. You should have an aptitude for learning a new language. But more than half of your first year will be spent on reading, writing and independent study. So you have to be able to have the self-discipline to plan your study time.

Make an early start with reading

• A short history of the Netherlands, from prehistory to the present day, by P.J.A.N. Rietbergen, 3rd ed., Amersfoort, 1998
• The undutchables, an observation of the Netherlands, its culture and its inhabitants, by Colin White & Laurie Boucke, 2006.
• Discovering the Dutch, On Culture and Society of the Netherlands, by Emmeline Besamusca and Jaap Verheul (eds.), Amsterdam, 2010.