Preparatory Short Track Programme

Spend exciting summer holidays in Holland and brush up your English! Saxion University offers an intensive 6-week English course during the summer months of July and August to prepare prospective students for their degree courses.

Preparatory Short Track Programme is a short intensive English course, designed for international students who would like to apply for a Bachelor or Master programme at Saxion University, but need to improve their English language skills in order to be admitted to the course of their choice.

The aim of the programme is to help prospective students to improve their English language proficiency to the level required for four-year Bachelor programmes, Final Year Bachelor courses and Master programmes.

Preparatory Short Track course offers:

An intensive 120-hour English course in July and August. General improvement of the four skills, including IELTS preparation. 120 hours of supervised self-study and development of learner autonomy. ?pportunity to take an IELTS test at the end of the course to prove your level of English. 

Apart from improving their English proficiency, there are other benefits students may derive from taking part in the Preparatory course. Students of different cultural backgrounds will have an opportunity to experience studying and teaching methods used at Saxion. Preparation for more active and interactive study methods will lead to a better chance of academic success afterwards. Moreover, taking part in the Preparatory Programme, students have some time to adapt to the Dutch culture and life in the Netherlands before they start their academic course.

IELTS score 5.5 (with the minimum of 5.0 for Listening and Speaking); Prospective students are required to apply for their future degree course at Saxion University at the same time they seek entry to the Preparatory courses.

The Preparatory Short Track Programme will start in July 2012. The course fee is € 2900. The total cost of the programme, including the accommodation expenses, visa and residence permit fees and insurance costs amounts to € 4480. 

See also: Preparatory courses of 2,5,7 and 12 months

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