As you all know this semester the doors of the HES are opening 30 minutes earlier than before the summer. Especially Monday morning, waking up so early after a good weekend of partying can be really annoying. (By the way, it was a great sold out exchange party last Saturday).

Anyway, you might find yourself unprepared on a Monday morning not knowing where your next class is and although we have to start early the library will still be closed. Meeting up in the HES cafe to drink the energy you need to survive the first hours of the week won’t be possible either because the HES cafe opens at 08:30 simultaneous with the first class. So Monday mornings are getting even tougher.

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We took this pictures this morning during happy hour at HES. Seems to me that everybody is attending the first week classes. Lot’s of confused people not knowing where their courses would be, people dealing study books near the entrance, the Babylonix team giving out flyer’s for tomorrows weekend warm up, many guys meeting old friends again after a long holiday exchange or internship. Even in the sometimes hated Sorbon it looked happy hour with rows till the end of the HES cafe. Yeah you can really see HES has started again!

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Yeah, it is almost time for the one and only HES Amsterdam Market Fair!

Next Wednesday the HES building will be full with first year IBMS, IFM, IM, TMA and IBL students will be promoting their fresh companies trying to sell you all sorts of stuff. So my advice is to stay in bed a little longer.

No just kidding go and check out all the stands and see what kind of funky, weird or cool products they came up with this year. In the past I have seen all sorts of products from tea, T-shirts and weird magnets to organizing parties and last year they where even selling condoms in the HES Amsterdam!

Hope to see some good stuff this year!

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Nowadays, everyone is studying hard to get a(n) (inter)national acknowledged Bachelor Degree, because we all want to have a fancy job or a brilliant salary. Some of you might want to have 2 diplomas by accomplishing the double degree program at HES (IBMS/IFM) or at one of the partner institutes during exchange. Clever students at HES may pursue an academic “Master Degree” at the University of Amsterdam after graduation.
What about the name of the title, what does it says? Each domain within the HvA has different competences. Some programs put the emphasis on Economics & Management and others to fashion & Design. The name of your title depends thus on the program you have followed.
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The titles that the HES offers are mainly from economic disciplines, but the not all the programs were awarded with the same title. Programs that did not have the respected BBA title were: IBMS, TMA, SMRM, JCU and IM, but since this year HES decided that all study programs at HES will be awarded with: Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
Included study programs: AC, BE, BI, CE, CO, FSM, FE, IBL, IBMS, IFM, IM, JCU, LE, MER, SBRM, TMA.

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This post is not about the entrance bridge in particular but about the doors of HES which always seem to be open for new students. Sure everyone is welcome but full is full. At a certain point the school should realise that quality is more important than quantity.

We all came in pretty easy you register send in you grades an off you go, you hardly have to do anything at all. The result of this system is that lots of students who aren’t sure about there study choice just take a random study and quit after one or two semesters because a lack of motivation. Well oke their might have to be an option for those who don’t know yet but I assume that most of you agree when I say that it is ridiculous to be studying in a school with overcrowded classroom.

Perhaps HES Amsterdam should be more selective and screen new students entering the school of business and economics. Why not making it a little bit harder to be accepted at HES. A simple motivation letter or entrance test could already be enough to eliminate a number less motivated students. In that case only the best would remain and the overall level would become more competitive and of a higher level.

Because in the end we all want our diploma to say that we studied at one of the best Business Schools of the Netherlands / Europe, right?

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Sure you have probably sorted out how to get to school. Most of us take a metro, train, bus or a combination of those. Others get to HES by car, motorbike, scooter, bike or just walk. In case you are a first year student you might be interested in what you can expect of the neighbourhood where the HES Amsterdam is located. Some may think of the old ghetto kind of stories about the Bijlmer but that’s just a history so therefore we will dedicate a number of posts to inform you about various sights and tips of what to do in and around the HES. (btw, some of this might be interesting for the ones who have been studying at the HES for several years)

Below you can see the map where you can find the location and address of HES Amsterdam.

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Check out the links to find more information on how to get to the school:

By train> Train station Amsterdam Bijlmer Arena

By Metro> Metro station Amsterdam Bijlmer Arena and station Strandvliet Arena

By car > Route description and parking areas

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The building can be reached from several highways such as A1, A2, A9 and A10. In all these highways, you have to follow the blue banners that indicates “Transferium”.

You drive under the Amsterdam Arena Stadium and if you turn to the right, you will go to the HES/ROC parking area, if you turn to the left, you go to the free parking area (only 2 hours for free, you need a parking card with a clock)

The HES parking area is just beneath the HES building which is the safest option but the most expensive, €3,80 per hour.

Click on the image below to see where you can park your car for free.

Park areas nearby HES Amsterdam - click to enlarge

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You can get HES Amsterdam with metro lines 50 and 54. The line 50 goes from Isolatorweg until Gein while the line 54 goes from Amsterdam central until Gein.

When getting HES Amsterdam you have 2 station to get off: Amsterdam Bijlmer or Stranvliet Arena. According to Google Earth, Amsterdam Bijlmer station is 470 metres distance from HES and Strandvliet Arena is 510 metres. The thing is that Bijlmer station has a lot more people traffic and just the fact of getting out of the station can take you a few minutes.

On the other hand, Strandvliet Arena is faster to get out and you can use the HES path short cut to reach the door of the school. However, it is not advisable to use that station when it’s dark since some robbery cases have been reported when walking towards that station, so when it gets dark, you better go to Bijlmer station, particularly girls walking alone.

Other detail is that sometimes at Bijlmer station when you get off of the metro you can find the GVB control officers checking the tickets whereas the chance they do that at Stranvliet Arena is very very low. (nobody ever checked my ticket at Stranvliet;))

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Train station Amsterdam Bijlmer Arena

The station was built in 1971 which means a few years ago it looked like shit! Did you know that it can be the busiest station of the Netherlands after a big event or Ajax match in the Arena? Therefore the government decided to rebuild everything and as you may know Holland is not as fast as China with such constructions but finally after five years, it became one of the most beautiful stations in Holland. Don’t you agree? Total cost 130 million euro.

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The station has direct train connections with:
Schiphol, Utrecht Centraal, Zaandam, Amsterdam Centraal, Gouda, Rotterdam Centraal, Amterdam Zuid, Eindhoven (Maastricht)
See www.ns.nl for more info

There are quite some busses and metro lines 50 and 54 are connected to the station and depart every few minutes.

In the station:
There are a lot of shops inside such as AH to go, Etos, Burger King and even a Douwe Egberts Cafe.

For more info about public transport check out the following websites:
www.9292ov.nl > Door to door map, advices, etc.
www.ns.nl >Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Dutch trains website
www.gvb.nl > GVB Metro and Busses website

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The University of Amsterdam (UvA – Universiteit van Amsterdam in Dutch) is a comprehensive research university located in the heart of the city of Amsterdam, the Netherlands which was founded in 1632. With a budget of €487 million, over 25,000 students and around 5,000 staff, the UvA is one of the major universities in Europe. There are seven faculties, Humanities, Social and Behavioral sciences, Economy, Law, Science, Medicine and Dentistry. It has a strong internationalization programme and offers over 85 English Master programmes taught in English, as well as a number of Dutch and English language courses. (Source Wikipedia)
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