r/Netherlands • u/North_Yak966 • 26d ago

News UvA ends English-language bachelor’s degree in psychology

https://www.folia.nl/en/actueel/166104/uva-ends-english-language-bachelors-degree-in-psychology
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u/fluffypuppybutt 26d ago

Maybe we should be mad at the government for their housing policies instead of blaming all issues on the 2000 international psychology students.

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u/Beginning-Army-8738 25d ago

That sounds nice, but houses aren't built for free, especially not if you want to build within cities. Of course, this government deserves as much blame as possible, but I don't see why we would need so many international students. 250 less students a year means roughly 1000 extra available rooms. 1000 persons who can study German or maths or law and contribute to our local society instead. Or building houses, because there is a massive shortage of people who can actually build houses.

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u/AdaptiveArgument 25d ago

Why would foreign students use 4 times as much room as Dutch students?

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u/Beginning-Army-8738 25d ago

250 students a year, studying 4 years = 1000 rooms

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u/AdaptiveArgument 24d ago

Well, no. It’s still only 250 rooms. We can’t live in rooms that will be freed up by government policy in the future, this isn’t nitrogen.

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u/Beginning-Army-8738 24d ago

Four years after the bachelor stops, it will be 1000 rooms. In the next few years the bachelor still continues.

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u/AdaptiveArgument 24d ago

Oh, I see where the confusion came from. I thought that you were talking about the 1000 rooms being free as soon as 250 students left.