The Utrecht university campus is so pretty. The campus has small clubs, sports facilities & medical facilities in the campus itself. I found some Indian students doing PhD at the same university. Even in my group. There is always a campus fest going on at the university. University organises an opening day for masters & bachelors students on their first day of university.

The University arranges temporary accommodation for a maximum of 1 year for international students. After that, you have to manage yourself to find a house. Here in Utrecht, it's difficult to get a house. You need more time to search for a house. Both the house rent & food is expensive here.

Finding accommodation is the most difficult task in the Netherlands, especially in Utrecht. There is an extreme shortage of available spaces. Accommodation is extremely expensive. UU does not have any hostels but they have agreements with some student housing providers. However, the seats available are very few and the number of applicants is very high. One has to be very lucky and fast to get into one of these "affordable" sharing rooms. There are various student housing facilities in and around the UU campus and Utrecht city that offer shared rooms or studios. I would suggest checking out the housing rent allowance in the Netherlands as people with low income satisfying specific conditions can get a rent allowance from the Dutch government. Ads for rentals can also be found on various Facebook groups.

For my particular course and interests, I knew I wanted to go to Europe as the best courses in sustainable energy are offered here. However, depending on the country's energy policies, the courses offered are highly tailored to teach students what their country requires. The Netherlands is the only country with a well-balanced approach toward transitioning to a more sustainable future. Thus, the course offered was in sync with my interests. Not to mention, the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development at UU publishes high quality research with one of the highest number of citations. All in all, for my particular course (Energy Science) I couldn't have found a better university except maybe TU Delft.