Career
Career opportunities in Enschede
Enschede is a city with a stable and growing economy. The main industries of the city are: education, high technology, services, manufacturing (beer, tyres, electronics).
Some of the biggest companies in Enschede are: Grolsch, Apollo Vredestein, Ziggo, Xerox, Primark, LM Wind Power, Sigmax, Deloitte, Capgemini, Adecco, Radobank.
Any international student can partake internship opportunities in local companies and often times, local universities will guide them in choosing a suitable option that is also related to their field of study.
Life
Enschede city life
The largest city in Twente region and also a university city, most of the local attractions in Enschede are specially designed to satisfy young people’s tastes. You can visit modern museums, check out an amusement park and relax in an abundance of pubs and bars.
Major attractions in Enschede are:
- The Old Market Square – a local popular spot, where most events take place, especially in the week-end
- Rijksmuseum Twenthe (art museum)
- Museum Twentse Welle
- Grote Kerk – central church, the oldest building in the city
Take a promenade or go cycling around Volkspark, and check out the Planet Parc amusement park.
If you’re curious about a Dutch play or music performance, you can always go to Wilminktheater, Enschede's main theatre and concert hall.
In the evenings, you have a plethora of cool pubs, bars and clubs that you can check out. Whoever is a sports fan can support the local football team and attend and watch the annual marathon and ice hockey and speed skating sport events.
Since you are very close to the German border, you can always make a trip to the neighbouring country; for example, you can get to Münster in less than an hour and you are also around two hours away from Amsterdam and Eindhoven by train.
International atmosphere in Enschede
Apart from the significant number of international students, Enschede is home to a few minorities, mainly Turks, Moroccans, Germans and Iraqis.
Ensched also covers for a pretty large international business environment, as numerous businesses have relocated their operations here, due to the people’s high command of English, among other local advantages. Most multinational companies with local offices and international entrepreneurs come from Italy, Germany, India.
Weather Enschede
In Enschede, winters tend to be less mild compared to other cities in the Netherlands. However, only occasional light snows occur in the cold season and the high temperatures during the day range around 3 – 4 °C (38 – 40 °F). In the summer, the average high temperatures are around 22 °C (72 °F), with July and August as the hottest months. Although Enschede is one of the driest places in the Netherlands, precipitation is evenly spread out over the year.
Universities in Enschede
USTP – University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten stands for forward-looking tertiary education, applied research and international networking.
Saxion University of Applied Sciences is one of the largest institutions of higher education in the Netherlands, with close to 27,000 students (and still growing).
At the University of Twente, we are pioneers in fusing technology, science and engineering with social sciences to impact the world around us. Our driving force as students, scientists and educators is a deep sense of connection with people who share a curious entrepreneurial spirit.
The EIT Digital Master School is an exclusive joint initiative by the leading technical universities and business schools in Europe with additional mentoring and partnering from excellent European research organisations and leading business partners.