Quality assurance and recognition
03 Jan 2012
Higher education in Holland enjoys a worldwide reputation for its high quality. This is achieved through a national system of regulation and quality assurance. The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science is responsible for legislation pertaining to education.
If you look for an international programme or course in the database, you will notice that the status of individual programmes is indicated by icons. Accredited programmes will be listed in the Central Register of Higher Education Programmes (CROHO). Responsibility for accreditation has been allocated to the Netherlands-Flemish Accreditation Organization. Students will be awarded recognized degrees only after completing an accredited degree programme. Only degree programmes can be accredited by the NVAO.
World leading
Experience shows that people who have studied at a Dutch institution of higher education perform very well in other parts of the world. Dutch higher education is world leading in areas like business administration, agricultural studies, civil engineering, medicine, remote sensing and, arts & design.
Research
The high quality of the research and the dissertations that are defended in Holland does place it in the very top ranks. In fact, Dutch international scientific research is leading in Continental Europe. Holland occupies the fifth place in the world ranking of numbers of publications per capita.
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