Editorial policy

Our goal is to give students accurate, useful and independent information about studying in the Netherlands.

Sourcing

Institutions, programmes, programme codes (CROHO), levels, languages of instruction and enrolment counts come from DUO open data (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs), published under the CC BY licence. Guidance on tuition fees, residence permits, insurance and applications is written from the primary sources: the IND, the Dutch government, DUO, Studielink, Nuffic and the Belastingdienst. Every study guide ends with the list of pages we used and the date we last checked them. QS World University Rankings positions are used only where we have a sourced position for an institution; we never estimate a ranking.

What we will not publish

We do not invent numbers. Where a provider has not published a fee, a founding year or a student count, the field stays empty and the page says so rather than showing an estimate dressed up as a fact. Programme records are never generated: every programme on this site comes from the DUO register, and we show its CROHO code so you can check it yourself.

Review & freshness

Records are reviewed regularly. Each university page shows when it was last updated, and we flag data that needs re-verification internally.

Independence

Commercial relationships (advertising, affiliates, lead generation) never influence the factual content, ordering methodology or which universities we include.

Careful language

We avoid guarantees such as “guaranteed admission” or “guaranteed visa”. We describe universities factually and avoid unsourced praise.