Holland Education Fair
16 Jul 2009
Nuffic Neso Indonesia organized the ninth edition of the Holland Education Fair (HEF) 2008 in Bandung, Jogjakarta and Surabaya.
The fair gave the Indonesians the chance to obtain detailed information on the international study programs offered in the Netherlands and to consult with the representatives of the 20 participating Dutch Higher Education institutions.
Several participating institutions took the opportunity to combine the fairs with visits to Indonesian universities to discuss ongoing or new cooperation projects, to give presentations, to meet with their alumni and to hold interview sessions.
Double degree programs
An ongoing development in higher education cooperation between the Netherlands and Indonesia is the establishment of double degree programs for both bachelor and master level and it is expected that new double degree programs between Dutch and Indonesian higher education institutions will be established next year.
HEF is aimed at facilitating dialogue between Dutch Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and prospective students in Indonesia and to give them a chance to absorb information. Scholarship information, including Huygens Scholarship Programme, Netherlands Fellowship Programme and StuNed were also available during the education fair.
Visitors
Nuffic Neso Indonesia has successfully organized Holland Education Fair in the previous years. HEF Indonesia was the first Dutch education fair in the world. The HEF attracted over 2000 visitors in three cities this year, and it was combined with the European Higher Education Fair (EHEF) which took place on November 1 and 2.
In total the HEF and EHEF combined attracted more than 17.000 visitors.