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In the academic year 2024-25, Germany remains the most common country of origin for international degree students in the Netherlands. It is followed by Italy (2nd), Romania (3rd), Spain (4th), and China (5th).

Economics is the most common field of study among international degree students both at universities of applied sciences and research universities in 2024-25.

The University of Amsterdam (UvA) enrolls the most international degree students, followed by Maastricht University (UM) and the University of Groningen (RUG). Over half of all students at UM are international.

A visualisation of incoming mobility trends for the academic years 2006-2007 to 2024-2025.

Dutch higher education institutions received 51,796 new enrolments from international students for the academic year 2024-25. Germany remains the most common country of origin for newly enrolled international students. It is followed by Italy (2nd), China (3rd), Romania (4th), and Spain (5th).

Almost 26% of the international students who studied in the Netherlands still live here 5 years after graduating.

See how many Dutch university of applied sciences (UAS) graduates per field of study went abroad during their study programme.

Of all VET graduates who obtained their diploma in 2022, 3.8% had completed a study-related period abroad.

The top destination countries of outbound VET students doing a registered work placement. Most of them went to a country in the European Economic Area.

This dashboard presents data from the Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) on researchers from outside the European Economic Area in the Netherlands in 2022 and 2023.