Arriving in the Netherlands as a non-EU student is an overwhelming experience, especially for those of us in smaller educational institutions that cannot provide the structural support that big universities do. Once you are accepted in the Rietveld/Sandberg, there are a whole host of administrative, bureaucratic, and legal tasks that need to take place simultaneously to the process of moving across the world, adjusting to a new city and culture, finding housing, and beginning your studies.
There seems to be no better word for the information below than ‘general’, it mostly relates to the basic administration that you will encounter when you arrive here. It’s the stuff that doesn’t really fit into the other categories, but is essential to navigating the Netherlands.