NSAC Students Preparing for Year of Study in The Netherlands

TRURO- Nine Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC) students will study next year at Dronten University of Applied Sciences (DUAS) in The Netherlands. They will be joining nine European classmates for year two of Dronten’s Bachelor of Administration (Honours) in International Food Business. Although the two groups each studied the first year at their home university, the students know each other already - they met last August in Iceland.

"We need to offer university students new and unique experiences that truly open the world up for them,” said Dr. Leslie MacLaren, Co-President and Vice President Academic of NSAC. “This partnership with Dronten is a shining example of real international cooperation and students will be the big beneficiaries."

While in The Netherlands the students will study European business practices related to the global food industry culminating in a three-month work placement with a business in Europe. In the third year of the program, the whole class will study North American food business practices at NSAC, followed by a three-month work placement. In the final year of the program, students can choose whether to complete their undergraduate thesis in Canada or Europe.

The starting point of this exciting new International Business Degree is a one week orientation in Iceland. Hosted by University of Iceland, students explore commercial market opportunities in Europe and North America for new Icelandic food products.

“Iceland was a fabulous experience,” said Susan Sipos of Maitland, NS, a first year International Food Business student at NSAC. “I cannot wait for next year in The Netherlands.”

“Because of the unique European learning format, successful students in the program need to be independent learners, willing to travel and live abroad and exhibit high scholastic achievement,” said Heather-Anne Grant, Program Coordinator. “This is a special program with limited enrolment.”

Anyone wishing to learn more about the International Food Business program or to apply for fall 2010 can visit: nsac.ca/internationalbusiness.