Key figures

09 Oct 2008

Inbound students

Number of international students: 70,000:

  • 28,900 EU + EFTA1 students enrolled.
  • 17,350 non-EU+EFTA students enrolled.
  • 7,300 exchange students.
  • 16,450 other inbound credit mobile students.*2

 * Please note that this is a general summary and figures are approximate. Enrolment refers to government-sponsored study programmes. Please refer to Internationalization in education in the Netherlands 2007 for further details (www.nuffic.nl/mobility).

1 EFTA: Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

2 Diploma mobility: to complete a study programme abroad; credit mobility: to gain credits abroad towards the programme at home. 

Countries of origin

1. Germany 16,750*
2. China 4,750
3. Belgium 2,450*
4. Spain 2,000*
5. France 1,650*

* at least

Popular degree programmes among international students

at Research Universities at Universities of Applied Sciences
1. Economics   1. Economics  
2. Behaviour & Society   2. Language & Culture 
3. Technology  3. Technology 
4. Language & Culture  

4. Healthcare 

 
Outbound students

Number of Dutch students abroad: 41,250*

  • 10,450 enrolled within the EU
  • 2,800 enrolled outside the EU
  • 5,900 exchange students
  • 22,100 other outbound credit mobility students *2

1 EFTA: Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

2 Diploma mobility: to complete a study programme abroad; credit mobility: to gain credits abroad towards the programme at home.

Destination countries Number of students
1. United Kingdom  4,100 
2. Belgium   3,350 
3. Germany  2,100 
4. United States  1,550 
5. France    1,150