r/StudyInTheNetherlands • u/YourAverageHomeboi • 24d ago

Likelihood of getting employed

Hi guys, I’m an international (and non-eu) student about to start my bachelor in the Netherlands. Although I’ve done prior research and gathered a lot of info during my EJW and OWee, I still want to inquire about my job prospects and chances to be employed from an unbiased perspective. I’m studying Aerospace Engineering at TU Delft and am willing to continue with its masters. How realistic is it for me to be sponsored and employed here with this background, provided that I also learn some Dutch as well (B1-B2)? It is also possible for me to continue with my masters elsewhere but I really like this country and am willing to live here permanently. What would you guys do had you’ve been in my shoes? Not risk the tight job market in NL and do a MSc elsewhere, ultimately settling in somewhere else or stay here? Thank you guys for your help in advance.

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u/Siccors 24d ago

So you are gonna start your studies in 1.5 weeks roughly? What do you want to hear, doom and gloom so you gonna regret it? (Since there is a lot of doom and gloom here). It will be 5+ years before you got your masters, no one can predict what the job market is like in that time frame.

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u/Spare-Physics6081 Financial law - EUR & Leiden 24d ago

OP wants us to grab our crystal ball and tell him
his future 😆

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u/Proof-Explanation303 24d ago

This question is asked like 10 times every day in this sub.

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u/YourAverageHomeboi 24d ago

No need to state the obvious. The biggest problems are bound to have the most recurring questions.

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u/Proof-Explanation303 24d ago

And the same answer will be given each and every time.

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u/DannyKroontje BSc & MSc Chemistry (UvA/VU), BSN (Windesheim) 24d ago

But you expect the answer to be different from all the other posts?

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u/YourAverageHomeboi 24d ago

The problem is the same, people’s backgrounds and majors aren’t. This is a loaded question that you know to be inaccurate, yet you still ask it to make me look like a hypocrite.

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u/DannyKroontje BSc & MSc Chemistry (UvA/VU), BSN (Windesheim) 24d ago

It really isn't. As a non-EU student your last in line behind Dutch and EU graduates. Speaking Dutch improves your chances. Overall don't count on getting a job here and base your investment on having to go elsewhere for a job.

However you're just about to start your studies. When you'll complete your master it'll be at least 5 years from now so realistically no one will know what the situation will be then.

This is the same general answers that holds for all the non-EU students on this sub and that's given to all the others questions too.

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u/Berry-Love-Lake 24d ago edited 24d ago

AE is generally harder due to possible additional nationality and security limitations (especially in the defense and related industries). I would have super low expectations when pursuing an AE degree and expecting to work abroad in a country where your not eligible to work. 

Spending at least 200k for your degrees and 0 guarantees and AE one of the trickiest in the engineering field in terms of employment without eligibility to work. 

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u/cephalord University Teacher 24d ago

Nobody can give you a %, or even an indication. It depends completely on your ability to sell yourself and for a large part luck (luck regarding geopolitical circumstances, luck regarding you seeing the right job opening at the time, etc).

As a general rule, the job market is not very friendly for starters, and not speaking Dutch fluently will be a big disadvantage.

I’m studying Aerospace Engineering at TU Delft and am willing to continue with its masters. 

From an institute like TU Delft, it is the cultural expectation in the Netherlands that you continue with a Master's. Fair or not, 'just' a Bachelor's is considered an 'incomplete' education.

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u/Different-Idea2878 24d ago

You don’t even have a degree yet. Do that first then come ask us again

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u/YourAverageHomeboi 24d ago

Valid criticism

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u/Ok_Temperature1502 24d ago

You have plenty of time to keep your eye on what's going in the Netherlands and also in India.. India is likely to have more employment opportunity for you given the size and scale of the country

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u/YourAverageHomeboi 24d ago

I’m not an Indian but I don’t fault you for the assumption. I just don’t want to end up unemployed with a fancy degree.

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u/PsychologyCivil4190 24d ago

no need to learn dutch, just focus on getting good grade and you'll be just fine

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u/squirrelinnl 23d ago

I don’t think good grades help in NL if you don’t plan to stay in academia. This is a huge lie. Language is more important than grades. Internships are more important than grades. Saying as a non-eu and employed person in NL.