Study in the Netherlands
NetherlandsUniversities lists 54 publicly funded Dutch universities — 18 research universities (WO) and 36 universities of applied sciences (HBO) — and 2,764 programmes from 87 recognised institutions. Each programme carries its CROHO code, language of instruction, ECTS and study form, so you can check it against the official register before you apply. 753 are taught fully or partly in English.
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Publicly funded universities in the Netherlands
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Most applications run through Studielink, with 1 May as the general deadline and 15 January for...
Dutch higher education has two main routes, WO and HBO, and the difference is in how the degree...
You can apply to at most two numerus fixus programmes a year, and the ranking numbers come out o...
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