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From self-cleaning robots to trees made of chocolate, there was a lot to see at Summa College’s Crafted festival. Hundreds of MBO students showed their creative craftsmanship to visitors through exhibitions, events and projects. This year’s festival took place at three different locations: at Microstad and Summa Plaza in Eindhoven and at the TechniekHuys in Veldhoven.

Everywhere proud students eagerly showed others the skills they are mastering. Take Kelly from the Beauty and Lifestyle course, who explained to others how best to curl their hair. ”It is very interesting to teach others this, most of them really liked it,” she says.



Xip is taking Software Development and has built his own robot, which automatically cleans up rubbish via AI. ”I worked really hard on it, so I think it’s fantastic to show this now,” he says. Waffle bakers Emma and Max are not twiddling their thumbs either.

”It is busy though. There is a constant queue for our waffles,” says Max. Both do the Bread and Pastry course and at the festival, they hand out home-baked waffles.

Despite the appreciation they get at the festival, the students are not at all happy with the stigma that MBO students are supposedly less smart than HBO or University students. ”It is not true, I had the highest marks in physics and mathematics. We work with our hands because we like it, not because we can’t do anything else,” Kelly says in frustration.

”My parents didn’t even want me to do hairdressing b.

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