Most of the student life in Holland happens off-campus.
Although the buildings of a single university might be spread throughout a city and only some higher education institutions have campuses, they do have a real student culture.
Each institution has a network of associations that bring students together for academic activities, sports and recreation. All of these associations are run by students, and some of them are internationally oriented. Two of the larger international student associations are AIESEC and the Erasmus Student Network (ESN).
Many cities also have several separate student associations, not connected to any institution. And there are usually pubs, restaurants and other meeting places where many students hang out.
Generally speaking, the Dutch higher education community seeks to be part of society and is not isolated from it.
