UCV opened my mind so much and encouraged me to become more confident and outgoing. | University College Venlo

Madlyn Kraft de La Saulx

Madlyn/20/bachelor’s student/life sciences

“I was born in Brussels but at the age of one, my parents and my uncle decided to start a new life in Alicante, in the south of Spain. So, I went to a Spanish school until my fourteenth when I joined the French liceum. I did my last year of high school in the French liceum of Hamburg. This period of my life was not easy but I learned that if there is a will, there is a way! And somehow, it brought me here, to UCV! But before hearing about UCV I had in mind to study design in Berlin. Everything changed when Augustin, one of my parents’ friends and also an alumnus, came to our house for spending the summer with us. He explained how flexible the programme was. My mother and I directly got excited and I decided to apply for the February intake!

Up until then I did not know that I had interest in health but the programme seemed just too cool! Now I guess I took all nutrition courses available at UCV, such as “Nutrition and metabolism” and “Physiology”. After finishing my bachelor next January, I would like to follow the master in Global Health at Maastricht. It is crazy how university can change your personality! UCV opened my mind so much and encouraged me to become more confident and outgoing.

I grew up in the mountains so I am someone very active. I regularly go to the gym, see friends and remember to keep some time for other hobbies like painting and reading.”