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GENERAL RULES:
- Payments: we only accept cash or debit and credit card!
- Reservations: We don’t take any reservations! First-come, first-served.
- Refunds: Refunds are not possible (policy). In case you don’t wish to participate anymore, we advice you to resell your ticket to your fellow students. (You are allowed to use our facebook eventpage for this.)
- ESN card: You need to have an ESN card to join most of our events. You can buy an ESN card at our office or on the day of the event if you are an UvA, HvA or AUC student. If you do not have an ESN card when it’s required, you will not be able to participate in the event.
- Online/Offline sales: Online & offline sales should be seen as apart from each other. If the online sales for tickets has been sold out, it is not necessarily the case for offline sales. Pass by our office or call us during office hours to ask about the tickets left.
Housing
- I have trouble finding housing in Amsterdam, what can I do?
Visit our housing page for handy websites: http://isnamsterdam.nl/how-to-survive-amsterdam/#housing - Can you help me vind a student room?
Unfortunately ISN Amsterdam can’t provide assistence in housing. - Something went wrong with the provision of housing by the University, what can I do?
It would be best to contact the University of Amsterdam or the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences directly.
ESN Card
- What is an ESN Card?
The ESN Card is the ISN Amsterdam membership card. With this card:
1. You can get access to our weekly international student night at Coco’s outback. Your UvA- or AUAS-student card also gives entrance, however ESN card has priority when it’s too busy (especially during the first weeks of the semester).
2. As a non-profit organization we offer activities, events, trips on a very low price. With the ESN card students gain access to these activities. So there’s no additional discount on our prices
3. You have access to great deals and discounts on the offers of our partners. Find out more: http://isnamsterdam.nl/esn-card/#wat-is-an-esn-card - Where can I buy the ESN Card?
You can buy the ESN Card in the ISN office during office hours. Address: Nieuwe Achtergracht 170, room 1.15. During the first weeks of the semester, we will also be selling the ESN cards during the International Student Night on Wednesday nights at Coco’s Outback. - When can I buy the ESN Card?
You can buy them in our office on Monday, Wednesdays & Fridays 13:00-15:00. - What discounts can I get with the ESN Card?
You can find the discounts on our ESN card page. National & International deals can be found here:
https://esncard.org/ - Can I get discount on ISN’s activities with the ESN Card?
As a non-profit organization we offer activities, events, trips on a very low price. With the ESN card students gain access to these activities. So there’s no additional discount on our prices - How do I fill in the ESN Card?
Fill out your personal information as correct as possible. Write ISN Amsterdam at ESN section and add a picture afterwards. You can stick this picture with the plastic cover that’s on the card (be careful not to peel the whole plastic off). Some of our partners require that the students have pictures for their discount, so it would be recommended to add a photo. The picture doesn’t have to be a professional one, but it has to look like the person. You can also just print something from the library.
ISN Amsterdam
- Is ISN Amsterdam part of my university?
ISN Amsterdam is an independent organization that have a cooperation agreement with the Uversity of Amsterdam (UvA) & the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS). Therefore, we are not officially part of the universities, but we are intensively working together with the schools. - What is the difference between ISN & ESN?
Not much, since they are both part of the same organization, namely Erasmus Student Network. The Erasmus Student Network is a non-profit organization that helps international students with sections all around the world. In Amsterdam we have 2 sections: ISN Amsterdam & ESN VU Amsterdam. ISN Amsterdam focuses on students from the University of Amsterdam & the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, while ESN VU Amsterdam focuses on students from the Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam. We organize different activities through the year, but in the end we have the same vision & parent organization. Both sections sell the ESN Membership Card that gives you access to the same discounts. Every semester there will also be several events that are in collaboration with ESN VU Amsterdam. - What can ISN Amsterdam offer me?
– Social & Cultural activities: ISN offers a wide range of social and cultural activities to help connect students.
– We make you feel at home: Join our introduction week & our buddy program to make your first friends, and join our integration activities.
– Great tours & trips: Join our wide range of tours & city trips on a discounted price.
– Opportunities to work in our team: Join our Committees & our Board.
– The most memorable parties: Join us for the best parties in Amsterdam.http://isnamsterdam.nl/join-us
- How can I join ISN Amsterdam?
You can join our activities with our ESN Card or join our team.
Ryan Air deal
I’m having problems with the Ryan Air discount. What do I do?
- Case 1: The system gets stuck validating the information.
Explanation: You have properly registered your ESNcard on ESNcard.org with all the personal information submitted. When you try to validate the information in myRyanair, you get the following message: “The ESN validation system is validating your information” (or similar); but it never finishes the validation process and gets stuck in that message.
Cause: You tried to validate its details during a moment in which the system was not working properly, hence, even when the system is fixed, the validation gets stuck.
Solution: Remove your details in your myRyanair profile and add them back so that the validation is refreshed and added back to the validation queue. If the issue persists after 24h, contact info@esncard.org and they will look at the case individually.
- Case 2: The system rejects the information submitted.
Explanation: After submitting the details in the user’s myRyanair profile, you get the following message: “The details you have submitted have been rejected by ESN’s validation system” (or similar). This means that one, more or all of the information fields submitted by you do not match the information in your ESNcard.org profile.
Cause 1: You have not yet created a profile on ESNcard.org.
Solution 1: Register on ESNcard.org and carefully follow all the steps listed on ESNcard.org/ryanair.
Cause 2: You have your profile but you have not submitted all the profile information on ESNcard.org – specially: First Name, Last Name, Date of Birth, Nationality, Home University, ESNcard number (code all together in myRyanair, i.e. no white spaces).
Solution 2: Fill in all the information (correct one and not fake) in your ESNcard.org profile and then try again to validate it in myRyanair.
Cause 3: You have submitted all your information properly in your ESNcard.org profile, but you have failed to submit exactly the same information in your myRyanair profile (even a white space at the end of a name or similar small details might affect).
Solution 3: Make sure this information is exactly the same (no short names, spaces, etc.) in both profiles. We have improved the validation system to make sure we minimise the impact of misspellings, spaces and other typos, but in any case you still need to make sure you submit the same information in both platforms or the “matching” will not work as it should.
If you still experience issues with the validation, contact info@esncard.org and, again, we will look at the case individually.
Note: every time that something is changed in your ESNcard.org‘s user profile in order to fix the validation issues, please (if applicable) remove your information also in your myRyanair profile and add it back, so that the system refreshes the information that needs to be validated.
Newsletter
- Where can I find the old newsletters?
Study year 2017-2018ISN Newsletter #1
1/9/2017
Start of the new semester.ISN Newsletter #2
11/9/2017
Integrating into the Dutch society.ISN Newsletter #3
18/9/2017
Goodbye Summer. Hello Autumn.ISN Newsletter #4
27/9/2017
How to integrate into the Dutch Society.ISN Newsletter #5
3/10/2017
Cheers to October!ISN Newsletter #6
11/10/2017
Step out of your comfort zone.ISN Newsletter #7
20/10/2017
Keep learning, keep growing.ISN Newsletter #8
16/11/2017
Hello, November!ISN Newsletter #9
28/11/2017
Enjoy the little things.ISN Newsletter #10
7/11/2017
Cozy nights, warm blankets & hot chocolate.ISN Newsletter #11
24/12/2017
Merry Christmas!ISN Newsletter #12
4/1/2018
Happy new year!ISN Newsletter #13
30/1/2018
End of the Fall SemesterISN Newsletter #14
8/2/2018
Here’s to new beginnings!ISN Newsletter #15
22/2/2018
The Netherlands first… and second… and third!ISN Newsletter #16
1/3/2018
Embrace the coldISN Newsletter #17
8/3/2018
Happy Women’s Day!ISN Newsletter #18
17/3/2018
How to survive the Dutch weather?ISN Newsletter #19
4/4/2018
Hello Spring!ISN Newsletter #20
16/4/2018
Shine bright like the sunISN Newsletter #21
26/4/2018
Happy King’s Day!ISN Newsletter #22
5/5/2018
Happy Liberation Day!ISN Newsletter #23
8/6/2018
Time to say goodbye.Study Year 2016-2017
– Spring semester 2017
– Fall Semester 2016
Study Year 2014-2015
– Fall semester 2015
– Spring Semester 2015
Fall Semester 2014
Internship
- Can I do an internship at your organization?
Unfortunately ISN Amsterdam does not offer internships directly. You can join our team by applying for board member or committee member here. - What is an Erasmus Intern?
ErasmusIntern.org provides an integrated market place that aims at bringing together traineeship providers and students seeking a training opportunity abroad.ErasmusIntern.org is part of STORY project which is a project by the Erasmus Student Network (ESN). The STORY project has been funded with support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Commission. This project aims at improving the accessibility and quality of international traineeships, as well as at increasing the awareness on the existence of such opportunities for youth. In order to achieve this, a research on the subject was committed, and this online platform is being developed in order to enhance students’ international opportunities on the European job market.ErasmusIntern.org provides a place where companies and organisations can publish their traineeship offers and search for trainees and where students that want to do a traineeship abroad can have their profiles, search and apply for traineeships vacancies.
Erasmus Intern offers traineeships located in cities all over Europe for both bachelor and master students. Take a look on the website to see what Erasmus Intern can do for you.
ISN Introduction Week vs. Intreeweek
- Is there a difference between the ISN Introduction Week and the Intreeweek?
Yes, the ISN Introduction Week focuses on incoming international exchange students in Amsterdam while the Intreeweek focuses on both new Dutch & international students. Intreeweek does this apart from ISN.
ISN vs. ESN
- What is the difference between ISN & ESN VU?
Not much, since they are both part of the same organization, namely Erasmus Student Network. The Erasmus Student Network is a non-profit organization that helps international students with sections all around the world. In Amsterdam we have 2 sections: ISN Amsterdam & ESN VU Amsterdam. ISN Amsterdam focuses on students from the University of Amsterdam & the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, while ESN VU Amsterdam focuses on students from the Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam. We organize different activities through the year, but in the end we have the same vision & parent organization. Both sections sell the ESN Membership Card that gives you access to the same discounts. Every semester there will also be several events that are in collaboration with ESN VU Amsterdam.
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