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Excellency Scholarship 2026–2027

NHL Stenden's scholarship for the 40 best-performing non-EU/EEA full-time bachelor students of the year, ranked on the credits they earned in the year before.

Leeuwarden, 22 October 2026

Awarded byNHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences
Amount€2,000
SelectionThe top 40 non-EU/EEA full-time bachelor students, ranked on ECTS earned in the previous year
OnThe first year of HBO-ICT: 60 of 60 ECTS, weighted average 8.7

I received it at the award ceremony in Leeuwarden on 22 October 2026, with a card from Jos Foppele, the teacher I had chosen as my favourite. He wrote about the second-year projects I took on in my first year just for the challenge, and about my Spoordok project, where I showed then-mayor Buma what 3D simulation can do.

NHL Stenden certificate of the Excellency Scholarship, made out to Valerii Kozhevets, Leeuwarden, 22 October 2026
Valerii speaking into a microphone on stage, under a slide reading Award ceremony, NHL Stenden Scholarships, Valerii Kozhevets, Jos Foppele Valerii on a staircase among plants, holding the certificate and giving a thumbs-up
Thanking Jos Foppele and my study coach, Gert Draaisma, at the ceremony, and with the certificate on the stairs.

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