Universities in Holland / the Netherlands
The Dutch universities have a reputation for being at the forefront in the development and introduction of new teaching methods.
The Netherlands with population of 16.5 mln. inhabitants has:
- 14 Research universities, where students are trained to be scientists
- 41 Universities of Applied Sciences where study programmes have a professional component.
The oldest Dutch university is Leiden University, which was established in 1575. Dutch universities - the University of Amsterdam and Utrecht- are the largest universities in the Netherlands, with about 22,000 students each. Average enrollment at a research Dutch university is 12,000.
Remaining faithful to their historical mission, Dutch universities offer outstanding international students an intellectually exciting learning environment with high academic standards.
The focus is not just on knowledge transfer but also on debate and critical thinking whereby students' ability to think independently is greatly stimulated. They offer students academic, personal and professional development and open the doors in the international world of science and also business.
Degree's at the Universities in the Netherlands
Coming to Holland one can get the following degrees:
- Bachelor degree at Universities of applied sciences. After completing education at a Dutch university of applied sciences you can follow fast - track Master programmes
- Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Sciences or Master of Arts or Master of Sciences degree at Research universities
- PhD degree at research universities or at special international post-universities institutions
Read more about degrees at Dutch Universities.
University programmes in Holland
Dutch education is both efficiently run and internationally oriented.The University in the Netherlands offer more than 1455 programmes in English. More information about the programmes of Univerisities in Holland.
The Dutch government is committed to supporting the internationalization of universities curricula and students bodies. Thanks to this support universities in Holland 
are able to offer international students a high quality university education at an affordable price.
The study year at a Dutch university costs between 14,000 - 20,000 euro ( all other expences are included!) depending on the level of the programme.
Due to the foreign students flow increasing some universities in Holland developed the preparatory course for students coming from other countries in order to smoothen enrollment to the base programmes.
Eurogates recommends: Studychoice123.nl is an easy-to-use website that guides you step-by-step through 450 English taught bachelor's and master's degree programmes in the Netherlands. The result is a clearly presented personal comparison of study programmes.
