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ByJeroen Neus - shows until July 6th
ByJeroen Neus - shows until July 6th
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Published: 8 June 2006
Best economics students come from abroad
 The Chinese Jun Xu is the best bachelor's student from the Faculty of Economics and Business; the Italian Alberto Rossi wrote the best master's thesis. Xu won the Lanschot scholarship for 10,000 euros and Rossi received the Lanschot Prize, worth 5000 euros.
"Jun Xu is a cheerful student. She sings songs when she's cooking, and is always helpful to other students," said a house-mate of Jun Xu in a film made especially by director Jeroen Neus for the Prize Distribution of the scholarship at Thursday 1th of June. Meanwhile, Jun Xu can be seen cooking in her house and walking around on campus, though this is not the main reason she was awarded the prize for the best bachelor's student of the Faculty of Economics. Her high grades for all exams, openness to new ideas and other cultures, ability to take on a challenge, and social skills were the criteria Dean Theo Verhallen mentioned in his presentation speech. Jun Xu received a scholarship worth 10,000 euros to do a master's abroad.
The prize was awarded by the Dutch bank Van Lanschot bankiers during the first Lanschot Lecture by the MIT professor of macro-economics, Olivier Blachard. Xu is very pleased with the scholarship. She doesn't know yet where she wants to do her master's. "It will probably be in England or in Canada."
Xu interrupted her Chinese career in drama, and decided to come to Tilburg in 2003 to study International Economics and Finance. "I wanted to study in Europe and had heard Holland has a good reputation. At a Fair for Higher Education in China, I met people from Tilburg University, and after an interview they let me know I was welcome." Studying in Tilburg was a special experience. She lived in a big house with forty female foreign students. Nevertheless, she claims, "Tilburg is a quiet town, and that helped me to concentrate on my studies. Moreover, it was very nice that the contact with the professors is easy. There is not a big gap."
The second prizewinner comes from Italy. In the film, his friends say he is a hard worker. He ate in the Mensa every day to save time. Alberto was also a person to have fun with. They miss him. Alberto Rossi followed his master's in Tilburg last year. In September 2005, he moved to San Diego USA to follow a master's. He received the Lanschot Pize for the best master's thesis. He compared the economic systems of Europe and the USA, especially the effects of Product and Labor Market Deregulations. "Rossi is a gifted student", explained Verhallen, "which resulted in his receiving a grade of 9.5 for his excellent thesis."
Rossi did his bachelor's at Bocconi University in Milan. He came to Tilburg because he already knew he wanted to follow a master's in the USA. "You need recommendations from good professors. Tilburg University is listed high on the rankings, and there are some professors with an outstanding reputation. That is why I choose for Tilburg." His experience in Tilburg was good.
"Although, I didn't meet all the high-ranked professors, I could work hard and had a good relation with my professors. Tilburg University was a good place to work. I lived with a couple of friends in the city and we had a lot of fun as well. Tilburg is fine for one year. For a longer period, it would probably get boring." Rossi now studies at California University in San Diego. "We have to work hard, sometimes more than 90 hours a week. The master's course is tough, but of high quality. San Diego has not yet the best reputation, and, therefore, not all the students have reached the top level. They aim to compensate for that by working hard."
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