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Facts and figures

These interactive dashboards show the latest trends and insights into internationalisation in Dutch education.
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Bilingual schools

Bilingual schools

An overview of the number of schools offering bilingual secondary education in the Netherlands per province, in the school year 2017-2018.
VET students abroad

VET students abroad

The number of VET students who graduated in 2015 and who spent time abroad during their studies.
International work placements

International work placements

The top destination countries of outbound VET students doing a registered work placement. The top 5 are all European.
Erasmus VET mobility

Erasmus+ VET students

The top destination countries for VET students from the Netherlands who go abroad with the Erasmus+ programme.
Dashboard incoming mobility totals

International degree students

For 2017-18, almost 90,000 internationally mobile students from 162 different nationalities enrolled in an accredited programme in public higher education in the Netherlands.
Countries of origin

Countries of origin

Germany remains by far the most important country of origin, and China remained in its 2nd position, with almost 22,200 students.
Fields of study

Fields of study

The largest numbers of international students study Economy & Business. At research universities Human & Social Sciences is at #2, at universities of applied sciences Engineering is #2.
Universities

Universities

Maastricht University is in the lead with almost 9,000 international students in 2017-18. Groningen and Erasmus Rotterdam are the fastest-growing in numbers of international students.
Regions

Regions

The universities in Amsterdam, Maastricht, Rotterdam and Groningen have the most international degree students enrolled.
Neso countries

Neso countries

In 2017-18 a combined total of 12,040 students from the 11 countries with a Netherlands Education Support Office (Neso) were enrolled as in Dutch higher education.
Dutch degree students abroad

Dutch degree students abroad

Find out how many Dutch students go abroad for a full degree programme and how many of them take their grants and loans with them. Compare these to the entire Dutch student population.
Destination institutions

Destination institutions

Which institutions are most popular among Dutch students going abroad for a degree programme? And did they go for a bachelor's or master's programme?
Global mobility streams

Global mobility streams

Find out which countries send most students abroad to study and which countries received most international students.
Global mobility compared

Global mobility compared

Which of these European countries has most international students compared to their student population? And who sends most students abroad?
Graduate survey

Graduate survey

See which fields of study were popular among Dutch graduates who went abroad during their study programmes and how this trend has developed over the years.
Erasmus + higher education students

Erasmus+ higher education students mobility

Discover where Dutch students go for an Erasmus exchange, either for a study programme or an internship.
Erasmus+ staff mobility

Erasmus+ staff mobility

Teaching and research staff can use the Erasmus+ programme to gain work experience abroad. Find out who goes where.

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