Information for international students

The Digital Society Hub (DSH) is an inspiring Learning Community in the field of digitalization and digital transformation, where experts from industry and government work together with students, professors and researchers to design and test solutions for current societal themes and challenges.

We are an (international) learning community as well as a multidisciplinary living lab. In collaboration with other disciplines, students learn to look beyond the boundaries of their own (field of) study and environment. At the Digital Society Hub, even more experience and knowledge are obtained through internationalization, working with people and organizations from other countries and backgrounds. It broadens horizons, opens the mind, and stimulates creativity and innovative power.   

As an international student, you can work on projects for your internship or graduation assignment. We offer a wide variety of projects and have a large network of partners, giving you many opportunities to gain experience. The Digital Society Hub also offers minor programs. A minor is a half-year program in which you can specialize in a specific field while working on real-life challenges.  

If you want to explore the projects and internships we offer, visit our vacancy page: https://www.digitalsocietyhub.nl/vacatures. 
You can also check out the minors available to students here: https://www.digitalsocietyhub.nl/voor-studenten/minoren-2. 

The Digital Society Hub offers facilities you can use as a student: 

• 3D Makerspace 
• Big Data storage space(s) with facilities for, among other things, acquisition, streaming, storage, security, hacking and modelling 
• Fast fixed data communication connections, clients and servers 
• 5G and LoRa wireless facilities 
• Internet of Things, sensor technology and smart products 
• Robots, VR and AR glasses, consoles, games, drones and 3D printers 
• Software for research purposes, programming and artificial intelligence

The Digital Society Hub regularly organizes events for students. Twice a year, we host the Vacancy Festival, where you can find an internship or graduation project by meeting partners of the DSH in an informal setting. Stay up to date by following us on social media!

For general questions, you can contact the DSH service desk. You can reach us by phone at+31 (0)50 595 5575 or by mail at dsh@org.hanze.nl. For specific questions regarding internships, you can reach Corian Scholtens by phone at +31 (0)50 595 7902 or by email at c.scholtens@pl.hanze.nl. 

We are open from Monday to Friday from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM.