After UCG plans pt. 2

This year almost ending means the start of next year getting closer. The last weeks are crazy busy for everyone – finishing up courses, projects, and not to forget: a thesis. Working on all of this, most free time is spent at the library, keeping the prospect of a very near graduation and summer in…

What to do during the hot Groningen days

Even though you can never be completely sure about the weather around here, we occasionally do have good days (randomly allocated throughout the year). The best thing to do when that time arrives is to get out of UCG and into the water – of which Groningen has a lot to offer. Besides the city’s…

UCG student’s go radioactive!

A few weeks ago, UCG students received an email asking if they wanted to join a field trip to a nuclear waste facility called URENCO in the Netherlands. I, not necessarily being interested in nuclear physics or nuclear sciences in general, still decided to join the field trip, having in mind that the politics and…

Choosing courses at UCG

It is the end of March, meaning not only the end of block 3, but also preparing for block 4. Honestly, this doesn’t really require preparation, other than choosing your next block’s courses: A recurring festivity which every UCG student is involved with at least four times a year. For me, I mostly start with…

Projects at UCG

Projects being fundamental to UCG and having to do tons of different projects throughout the years, you end your UCG career in style with the third-year final project. I still remember from the first projects how confused we were by the assignments: there was no clear outline, purpose, and we didn’t know how it would…

How SA Caerus upgrades the UCG game

Last year, I have been very involved with UCG’s study association Caerus, as part of the board. My job within the board was to create and support committees and, in this way, build up the study association. Caerus has only existed for one year at that time, which means there was still a lot to…

What does a ‘regular’ week of a first year UCG student look like? Part 1

  Monday This Monday, the new semester started. Most UCG students went home or on a trip during their week off. I went on a trip as well. I spent my entire week off snowboarding in Italy and came back on Sunday. I must admit that I spent the entire Monday morning in my bed,…

After UCG plans pt. 1

These last two weeks, the main question in my head has been: what do I want to do next year? With even the most basic question – following through my study's or taking a gap year – not answered yet, it makes for a list of endless possibilities. It is the best activity to avoid…

How to make your UCG life more than UCG

Some 2 weeks ago I helped out on UCG’s open day. Talking to various potential new students, the question by far most asked was: will I have enough time to do stuff outside of UCG? UCG, with its high-intensity education and rule of passing all courses in the first year, might sound like the most…

How UCG students start a thesis

Monday was the first day of the new, and last, semester. My friend and me spending the night in the Flixbus, getting back from visiting a friend on exchange in Berlin, we arrived just 10 minutes late to our seminar: Still in time for the 15 minutes-walk-in period of UCG classes. After saying hi to…