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Information for new students

Welcome at HAS green academy! To get you on your feet as a new student, you'll find lots of practical information here.

IFA students HAS green academy

Discover how to pay your tuition fee, what kind of laptop you'll need during your studies and how to find accommodation in the Netherlands, shouldn't you have any already.

Paying your tuition fee

The deadline for paying the tuition fee is 1 May for non-EU students and 1 July for EU students. You can pay the fee at once, or in instalments.  

If you are a student from a SEPA country (all EU countries + Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, Switzerland) you can pay the tuition fee by setting up a direct debit from June onwards. If you are admitted to one of our study programmes you will automatically receive information when it is possible to set up the direct debit. If you are a non-EU student (excluding students from Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, and Switzerland) you will receive an invoice from HAS green academy.  

Payment options

Paying the tuition fee at once

If you decide to pay your tuition fees in a single payment, the full amount will be taken from the bank account you gave us, on 1 September 2024. 

Paying in instalments

You can also pay the tuition fees in 9 instalments. The administration charge for paying in instalments is €24.00. This fee will also be taken from your account on 1 September 2024, together with the 1st instalment. 

The 9 instalments from the bank account number you gave us will be charged on the following dates:

  • Will be determined
Setting up a direct debit

Go to studielink: https://app.studielink.nl/front-office/ (or select the UK flag on www.studielink.nl) and log in with your username and password (or DigiD if you are registered in the Netherlands). If you haven’t already done so, you can set up your account on this page first. 

Under the header “My To Do List” you will find “Submit your payment details”. 

You will be asked to fill in details such as the account number, the name of your bank, who will be paying, if you want to make a single payment or payment in instalments. 

Continue filling in the required details until you have clicked on “Confirm”. 

If you have any questions while submitting your details, you will find answers to most of your questions in the Q&A section on the Help section on the website of studielink.  

If you use the option: “I will pay” you will receive a message in Studielink to authorise the direct debit yourself. Only then the authorisation will be definite. If you use the option: “Someone else will pay” you will receive a mail which you must pass on to the person who will be paying. They can log in using their user name and password and confirm that they will be paying your tuition fee. 
 
Please note that the dates of the instalments mentioned in Studielink are not correct. You will find the correct dates above under 'Paying in instalments'. 

Before you come to the Netherlands

Make sure you have arranged everything you need for your visa and residence permit (for non-EU students) and for your registration as a citizen in the Netherlands. Check our page Immigration for all the details. 

Also, make sure you have the right insurance. This includes health insurance (mandatory by law), liability insurance and legal assistance. Check out the website Study in Holland for more information about insurance possibilities. If you are a non-EU student, HAS green academy applies for an insurance on your behalf that covers the items above for the first year of your studies. 

Welcoming Days

Each year HAS green academy facilitates the Welcoming Days for you as a new international student. This week consist of settling in, practical matters and lots of fun activities to get to know the HAS, the city and your new classmates.

Make sure to be in the Netherlands around the 26st of August 2024! On Monday and Tuesday housing questions will be adressed, and Wednesday till Friday activities and practical matters are planned. Be there!

The Welcoming Days are mandatory for incoming international full-degree students. They are not mandatory for incoming exchange students, but we highly recommend all students to participate. 

Info about your study programme

Want to have a flying start with your new study programme? Check out their introduction program and have a look at the literature list.

Horticulture & Business Management

Start of the programme

Are you ready? On Tuesday the 3th of September your first day at the study programme Horticulture and business management at the HAS in ‘s-Hertogenbosch will start.

  • Tuesday the 3th of September at 9 a.m. at the HAS
    • Welcome & introduction
    • Meet your coach
    • Lunch (provided)
    • Activities
    • BBQ
  • The rest of the week you will get an introduction to the modules and we will have some fun teambuilding activities planned.

Watch your mailbox because, at the beginning of July, you will receive a welcome letter by email with more information.

Are you an international student? Then your schoolyear starts a bit earlier with the Welcoming Days! These start on Monday the 26st of August untill Friday the 30th of August.

List of literature

This list will be published the 1st of July 2024

If you have any questions, please contact the study advisor.

International Food & Agribusiness

Start of the programme

Are you ready? On Friday the 30th of August your first day at the study programme International food and agribusiness at the HAS in ‘s-Hertogenbosch will start.

  • Friday the 30th of August: Food truck lunch for all IFA students and lectures at HAS
  • Monday the 2nd of September at 9 a.m.: Introduction at HAS
  • Tuesday the 3th of September: Online meeting with your coach + packing for trip to Texel
  • Wednesday the 4th of September: 3-day trip to the island of Texel

Are you an international student? Then your schoolyear starts a bit earlier with the Welcoming Days! These start on Monday the 26st of August untill Friday the 30th of August.

List of literature

This list will be published the 1st of July 2024

If you have any questions, please contact the study advisor.

Laptop requirements

There are no computers available at HAS green academy. We expect you to bring your own device. There is a Wi-Fi network available. As some applications you’ll need to use for your studies cannot be used with a MacOs, we recommed to use a Windows-laptop. 

Below you will find the minimum requirements that your laptop must meet, to be able to get the most out of the facilities provided by HAS.

Laptop requirements checklist

Hardware
  • Processor Intel Core i5. Or newer generations.
  • Screen resolution WXGA (1280x768)   
  • 8GB memory. Sufficient memory capacity required for a modern operating system. For example Windows 10.
  • 100GB spare hard drive memory. Needed for standard applications.
  • Wi-Fi standard IEEE 802.11n 2,4/5GHz. You will get the best connection with the wireless network at the HAS sites by using a laptop that supports Wi-Fi at 5GHz.
  • Long battery life. Power supplies are not always available 
Software
  • Windows 10 64-bit* 
  • MS Office / Office 365* (English language). HAS advises the most recent version of MS Office as offered by Microsoft. 
  • Up-to-date Antivirus en anti-malware.

Please ensure to at least have a laptop with Microsoft Office including MS-teams available prior to the start of your studies. 

After the start of your studies, so from 1 September, students who are registered at HAS green academy can purchase software such as MS Windows, Adobe CS Suite, SPSS etc. at significant discount from www.SurfSpot.nl.   

Academic calendar and holidays

Student life

Find accommodation

Are you looking for accommodation still? Find accommodation through our Accommodation Mediation Service or make use of one of the many websites to find a room, studio or appartment. 

Find out more on our page Studying in 's Hertogenbosch.

Join the study assocation

Within HAS green academy the International Student Association (ISA) is a collection of diverse students who want a little extra out of their study. The association aims to stimulate students to mingle across various studies through social and educational events. Both International and Dutch students from all HAS programmes are welcome at ISA. Interested in becoming a member? Please send an e-mail to internationalstudentassociation@has.nl 

Login for students

As a student of HAS green academy, you log in with your student number, followed by @has.nl and the password of your HAS account. 

Webmail  

HAS-kennisplein  

Intranet  

Osiris 

HAS on social media

Follow HAS green academy on Instagram and like us on Facebook. Note that during the summer holidays (mid July till 22 August) it will be more difficult to contact HAS green academy.

Already curious what current students are doing? Check out the study social media accounts!

Facebook Horticulture & Business Management 

Instagram International Food & Agribusiness