First and foremost you can ask your questions from the secretaries in your department. They are knowledgeable and very helpful.
If you want to participate in different language courses, you can find all the available courses in this link. Also, you can find more information about free Dutch courses here.
If you want to participate in sport calsses. You must first obtain an Aclo card. After that, you have several options to do sports:
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Groupclasses: In which you can reserve a spot and attend anytime you like.
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Courses: These are sessions in which you learn a certain form of sport.
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You can also book a tennis, beach volleybal court to play for an hour with your friends.
There are some clubs where you can become a member for a small charge. As an instant the following link explains about Tennis clubs. https://www.aclosport.nl/en/sport/tennis/
In this link you can find more information about the mental support services. They offer workshops on topics such as perfectionism, stress management, and so on. You can also request a brief conversation with one of the university's psychologists. You can email them on this address: ssc-info@rug.nl to ask for a meeting.
You can buy Office for a reduced fee at surfspot or use Office for free by using our virtual environment uwp.rug.nl. All applications of the UG that can be used on a personal device, can be found on Iris, the Self Service Portal.