In collaboration with the UAF (foundation for refugee students), we can help you to remove obstacles to study success and bring you into contact with fellow students, buddies and university staff.

Need assistance with your university application? We can help you with, for example, drawing up your CV and the evaluation of your diplomas.

Want to improve your language skills? We can lend a hand.

Questions? Get in touch with us.

Our partners:

• UAF, foundation for refugees
• Het Taalschakeltraject Leiden-Den Haag (TST) is for status holders who, from January 1st, 2022, have been socially integrating in the Netherlands. During the TST, you prepare for a higher education programme on the HBO or university.
• Academic Language Centre.
• Leiden University Diversity and Inclusion Office
• PopCorner at the Faculty of Social Science, the Faculty of Humanities and Campus The Hague - helping you find the way within your faculty and study programme.
• Leiden University IncLUsion programme.
• Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (in Dutch) advice point for status holders.

• Are you the first person in your family to go to university? It will certainly be fun and exciting but might also feel like a step into the unknown.
• Via the Start je toekomst programme (in Dutch) you can receive all the information you need to help you feel at home and be successful in your new environment.
• International students might sometime also need a little help in finding their way. If that applies to you, drop by or get in touch.

Together with our education partners, we can help you to remove any obstacles to study success and bring you into contact with fellow students and staff members.

Need help with study planning or study choices? We can put you in touch with the right people.

Want to improve your language skills? We can lend a hand.

Questions? Get in touch with us.

Date: 28 september 2023, 17:30-19:30
Location: Hogeschool Rotterdam, Museumpark Laagbouw
Target group: Attendees of the 'Succesvol Starten' programme
Language: Dutch

Meeting Point Universiteit Leiden, UAF en Hogeschool Rotterdam invite all (former) participants for the plenary start of the Succesvol Starten programme.

Date: Saturday October 7th, 2023, 10:30 - 18:00
Location: Plexus Student Centre, Leiden
Target group: First year students of Leiden University and Leiden University of Applied Sciences, coming from the Carribean area of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

You can meet each other and the Carribean student community. Share your experiences about the first weeks at the university or university of applied sciences!

Check out the programme or sign up directly. 

Date: Friday, October 27th, 2023, time TBA
Location: Beehive, The Hague
Target group: All students, in particular students of Meeting Point/Start je Toekomst/POPcorner/Succesvol Starten/Leiden Carribean Community/Student Support Services

Meeting Point Universiteit Leiden, POPcorner FSW, POPcorner FGW, POPcorner The Hague and Start Je Toekomst invite you for a special workshop 'Durf te Vragen' (dare to ask) with Nils Roemen, the creator of #dtv. Keep this date available in your agenda!

More information coming soon.

Date: Friday November 17th, 2023, 17:00 - 21:00
Location: Leiden
Language: English
Target Group: All students

The yearly event where international and domestic students with different backgrounds meet to celebrate diversity. We of course drink and eat together and there is room for arts and culture.

More information on the programme and registration will follow.

December 20th: Winter Dinner

Date: Wednesday December 20th, 2023, 16:00 - 20:00
Location: Plexus Student Centre, Leiden
Language: Dutch/English
Target group: All students, in particular students with a refugee or migration background.

Eating, laughing and being together. Being a spot of light in the sometimes dark month of December. Please feel welcome at our Winter Dinner.

More information about the programme and registration will follow.