The 24 persons in this group are not of necessity the best of all students applying; they are carefully selected for diversity. This is done to form a group with a complementary composition. Thus, the man/woman ratio is 11/13, there are 18 different nationalities, and we come from varying backgrounds (ranging from Ethnic Studies to Computer Science). Together we form a very tight group, which is quite a bonus when you spend about 45 hours per week together in one room (and want to go on liking each other outside it as well).

We follow fulltime courses from one to three weeks with different lecturers for each period. These, too, are flown in from all corners of the globe, having been recruited for a while from the largest and most prominent companies from the industry (such as IDEO, frog design, Spotify, LinkedIn, Arduino, etc.).

In contrast to this hectic environment it is quite nice that Denmark itself is considerably more relaxed – especially so in comparison with the Netherlands. Things here do not all need to go rapidly and hurriedly, but rather at a pace that everybody can keep up with; Just be patient for a while when ordering your coffee until the person before you has paid and is com-plete-ly finished.

And as if all of that is not chill enough yet, in the weekends we regularly go on cycling trips along the Danish coast, or take a train to the magnificent Louisiana museum.

Oh, and the Scandinavian weather? That is unexpectedly quite fine, to be honest! *writing this piece on a sunny balcony at 25 degrees and sipping a glass of wine*