October

Study in Holland Desk opens in India

As part of the Neso programme, Nuffic is currently expanding its network of Netherlands Education Support Offices (Nesos). Recently a so-called Study in Holland Desk - which basically has the same purpose as a Neso - opened in Ahmedabad, India.
 

Get-together of 2500 international students in the Hague on 8 November

The third Day of the International Student (DIS), which will be opened by Education Minister Plasterk this year, promises to be as big a success as the previous editions of this festive event.
 

Nuffic at top of EU subsidy list: almost 23 million goes to students and lecturers

Nuffic is at the top of the list of Dutch companies and organizations that receive subsidies from the European Commission.
 

300 million for scholarships and support for tertiary education

Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation awards Nuffic two programmes.
 

Study in Holland on YouTube

Since two weeks ago you can find Study in Holland on YouTube.
 

The Netherlands rises in the global competition index

The World Economic Forum (WEF) publishes an annual country-based global competitiveness report, and the Netherlands has risen in the charts.
 

Dutch universities doing well in THES ranking, but there’s a but

British academic newspaper Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) has been releasing a ranking of the best universities in the world for years. Despite the Netherlands being a small country with just 16 million inhabitants, it is always well...
 

Promising start for Neso programme India: High demand for Study in Holland Desk

The phones are ringing off the hook at the recently opened Study in Holland Desk in India. A growing number of young Indians is looking at continuing their studies in Europe and the Netherlands is on their short list.
 
Scientific breakthrough for European team of scientists

Scientific breakthrough for European team of scientists

A multi-disciplinary European team of scientists, jointly led by the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) and Philips Research, has successfully fabricated integrated circuits by immersing a pre-patterned substrate into a solution containing...
 

Neso Indonesia activities supported by MoU between Indonesia and the Netherlands

Just recently, a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Indonesian Directorate General of Higher Education and the Dutch embassy in Jakarta, concerning cooperation in the area of higher education for human resources development.
 

Professor from Twente creates Water Footprint Network

We use water like it is going out of fashion, yet in many parts of the world, water is a scarce commodity. To address this situation, seven organizations joined to form the ‘Water Footprint Network’ on 20 October.
 

Work possibilities for international students in the Netherlands

Nuffic has taken stock of all the possibilities for students from outside the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA), to work in a number of countries (EU member states, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Australia, Canada and the United...
 

Minister Verhagen opens Netherlands Education Support Office in Seoul

‘Do not step on the master’s shadow.’ With this famous old saying from the Confucius school, the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maxime Verhagen, opened the Netherlands Education Support Office (Neso) during an official visit to Seoul in...