Stayrates of international graduates

Almost 26% of international graduates stays in the Netherlands 5 years after graduation. Most of them have found a paid job position by then. Graduates of recent years stay more often than those who graduated before 2018.
Research university graduates stay more often than university of applied science graduates. For example, all education students graduated at a research university compared to more than half of the education students graduated at a university of applied science stay in the Netherlands.
Most stayers find a place to live in the provinces of Noord- and Zuid-Holland. However, Amsterdam is the most popular city to live in 5 years after graduation.

For more data on stay rates of international students in the Netherlands in 2013-2022 and an analysis of current trends and developments see our report Stayrate en arbeidsmarktpositie van internationale afgestudeerden 2013-2022 (in Dutch).

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