List of universities in the Netherlands

A listing of universities
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...

in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

:

Research universities

Research universities in the Netherlands are institutions of tertiary education

Tertiary education

Tertiary education, also referred to as third stage, third level, and post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of a school providing a secondary education, such as a high school, secondary school, university-preparatory school...

that in Dutch are called universiteit. Their focus is towards academic education and scientific research. They are accredited to confer bachelor's

Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...

, master's

Master's degree

A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...

and doctoral degrees. The term universiteit is reserved to these institutes in the Dutch context, and the additional qualifier "research" is hardly ever used in practice.

Name		est.	City	Organisation	Type	Number of staff	Number of students
Government Supported Universities (by type)
University of Amsterdam		1632	Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...	Public	University	4,062	32,739
	Academic Medical Center Academic Medical Center The Academic Medical Center , or AMC, is the university hospital affiliated with the Universiteit van Amsterdam ....		Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...	Public	University	4,062	32,739
	Amsterdam University College Amsterdam University College Amsterdam University College was established in 2009 as a joint excellence initiative of the VU University and University of Amsterdam. AUC’s motto is Excellence and Diversity in a Global City. The college offers a three-year English taught Bachelor honours programme in the liberal arts and...		Amsterdam
VU University Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit The Vrije Universiteit is a university in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch name is often abbreviated as VU and in English the university uses the name "VU University". The university is located on a compact urban campus in the southern part of Amsterdam in the Buitenveldert district...		1880	Amsterdam	Special Christian	University	2,200	18,000
	VU University Medical Center		Amsterdam
	Amsterdam University College Amsterdam University College Amsterdam University College was established in 2009 as a joint excellence initiative of the VU University and University of Amsterdam. AUC’s motto is Excellence and Diversity in a Global City. The college offers a three-year English taught Bachelor honours programme in the liberal arts and...		Amsterdam
University of Groningen University of Groningen The University of Groningen , located in the city of Groningen, was founded in 1614. It is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands as well as one of its largest. Since its inception more than 100,000 students have graduated...		1614	Groningen	Public	University	5,000	26,500
	University Medical Center Groningen University Medical Center Groningen The University Medical Center Groningen, or UMCG , formerly Groningen University Hospital, is the main hospital of the city of Groningen....	1797	Groningen	Public	University	5,000	26,500
Leiden University Leiden University Leiden University , located in the city of Leiden, is the oldest university in the Netherlands. The university was founded in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange, leader of the Dutch Revolt in the Eighty Years' War. The royal Dutch House of Orange-Nassau and Leiden University still have a close...		1575	Leiden	Public	University	3,973	17,630
	Leiden University Medical Center Leiden University Medical Center The Leiden University Medical Center or LUMC, is the university hospital affiliated with Leiden University, of which it forms the medical faculty...		Leiden	Public	University	3,973	17,630
Maastricht University		1976	Maastricht	Public	University	3,000	11,463
	Academic Hospital Maastricht Academic Hospital Maastricht The Academic Hospital Maastricht or AZM is the main hospital of the city of Maastricht and affiliated with Maastricht University.Special units include:* Neurosurgery* Cardiothoracic surgery...	1974	Maastricht Maastricht Maastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...
	University College Maastricht University College Maastricht University College Maastricht is an English language, internationally oriented, liberal arts and sciences college housed in the 15th century Nieuwenhof monastery in Maastricht, the Netherlands. Founded in 2002, it is the second of its kind in the Netherlands...	2002	Maastricht
Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen is a public university with a strong focus on research in Nijmegen, the Netherlands...		1923	Nijmegen	Special: Catholic	University	4,309*	17,650*
	University Medical Center St Radboud University Medical Center St Radboud The Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre , is the teaching hospital affiliated with the Radboud University Nijmegen, in the city of Nijmegen in the eastern-central part of The Netherlands....		Nijmegen	Special: Catholic	University	4,309*	17,650*
Erasmus University Rotterdam		1913	Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...	Public	University	3,700	20,666
	Erasmus MC Erasmus MC The Erasmus MC is the academic hospital of the city of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. It is affiliated with the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, and home to its faculty of medicine...		Rotterdam	Public	University	3,700	20,666
Tilburg University		1927	Tilburg Tilburg Tilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....	Special: Catholic	University	1,062*	11,399*
	University College Tilburg	2008	Tilburg	Special: Catholic	University	1,062*	11,399*
	TiasNimbas Business School	1982	Tilburg
University of Utrecht		1636	Utrecht Utrecht (city) Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...	Public	University	8,224	26,787
	University Medical Center Utrecht University Medical Center Utrecht The University Medical Center Utrecht or UMCU is the main hospital of the city of Utrecht. It is affiliated with the Utrecht University. Since the foundation of the university in 1636 an academic hospital has existed in various forms...	1999	\|Utrecht
	University College Utrecht University College Utrecht University College Utrecht is an international Honors College of Utrecht University . UCU is a selective liberal arts, undergraduate college of 700 students within Utrecht University. Located between the two UU sites, Uithof and City Center, it has its own residential campus in the city of...	1998	Utrecht
	Roosevelt Academy Roosevelt Academy Roosevelt Academy is a small liberal arts college located in Middelburg in the Netherlands. It offers a residential setting and is an international honors college of Utrecht University.-History:...	2004	Middelburg Middelburg Middelburg is a municipality and a city in the south-western Netherlands and the capital of the province of Zeeland. It is situated in the Midden-Zeeland region. It has a population of about 48,000.- History of Middelburg :...
Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology , also known as TU Delft, is the largest and oldest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands...		1842	Delft Delft Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland , the Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam and The Hague....	Public	University of Technology	2,633‡	13,383‡
Eindhoven University of Technology Eindhoven University of Technology The ' is a university of technology located in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The motto of the university is: Mens agitat molem . The university was the second of its kind in the Netherlands, only Delft University of Technology existed previously. Until mid-1980 it was known as the...		1956	Eindhoven	Public	University of Technology	2,200	7100
University of Twente		1961	Enschede Enschede Enschede , also known as Eanske in the local dialect of Twents, is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region...	Public	University of Technology and Social Sciences	3,000	8,500
Wageningen University and Research Centre		2000	Wageningen Wageningen ' is a municipality and a historical town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specializes in life sciences. The city has 37,414 inhabitants , of which many thousands are students...			6,500^##
	Wageningen University Wageningen University Wageningen University and Research Centre is a Dutch public university in Wageningen, The Netherlands. It consists of Wageningen University, the Van Hall-Larenstein School of Higher Professional Education, and the former agricultural research institutes of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture...	1918	Wageningen	Public	University for life sciences		8,500
	Agricultural Research Institutes		throughout the Netherlands	Research Institute
	Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein Van Hall Larenstein, University of Applied Sciences is a vocational university in the northern and eastern Netherlands. The school was created through a merger between the Van Hall Institute in Leeuwarden and IAH Larenstein in Velp.-History:... is an applied university that is part of Wageningen University and Research Centre
Open University Open University (Netherlands) The Open Universiteit Nederland is a Dutch university or institution for distance learning for higher education at university level . This means that students do not attend classes but study at home...		1984	Nationwide; HQ in Heerlen	Public	University for distant learning	701*	16,802*
University of Curaçao		1979	Curaçao Curaçao Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...	Public	University of the Nation of NA
Privately Funded Universities (accredited as Universiteit by Dutch law) (by type)
Nyenrode Business Universiteit Nyenrode Business Universiteit Nyenrode Business Universiteit, also spelled as Nijenrode, is a Dutch business school and the only private university in the Netherlands. Founded in 1946, it is located on a large estate in the town of Breukelen, between Amsterdam and Utrecht.-History:...		1946	Breukelen Breukelen Breukelen is a town and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is situated to the north west of Utrecht, along the river Vecht and close to the lakes of the Loosdrechtse Plassen, an area of natural and touristic interest...	Private	University for Business Studies
Kampen Theological University Kampen Theological University Protestant Theological University is one of two theological universities in the Dutch city of Kampen.-History:The university was founded in 1854 as the Theological School by the Christian Reformed Church in the Netherlands, a church resulting from a schism in 1834, to provide for theological...		1854	Kampen Kampen (Overijssel) Kampen is a municipality, a city and an old Hanseatic city at the lower reaches of the river IJssel in the Dutch province of Overijssel.The municipality of Kampen counts 50,073 inhabitants in an area of approximately 162 km² . Kampen is located in the North West of Overijssel and is the...	Private	University for Protestant Theology
Kampen Theological University of the Reformed Churches (Liberated)		1944	Kampen	Private	University for Protestant Theology
Apeldoorn Theological University of the Christian Reformed Churches		1894	Apeldoorn	Private	University for Protestant Theology
University of Humanistics Universiteit voor Humanistiek University for Humanistics is a university in Utrecht, Netherlands.The University for Humanistics at Utrecht is the youngest university in the Netherlands. It is also the only university offering a degree programme in humanistics – humanist studies...		1989	Utrecht	Private	University for Humanistics
Universities that no longer exist
Catholic University of Utrecht Catholic University of Utrecht The Catholic University of Utrecht or Catholic Theological University was a Roman Catholic pontifical university in Utrecht, Netherlands. The university was a public institution and is primairly focused on educating future Catholic priests. In 2006 the University merged into the larger University...		1991–2007	Utrecht	Private	University for Catholic Theology
University of Harderwijk University of Harderwijk The University of Harderwijk , also named the Guelders Academy , was located in the town of Harderwijk, in the Republic of the United Provinces...		1648–1811	Harderwijk Harderwijk ' is a municipality and a small city in the eastern Netherlands.- The history of Harderwijk :Harderwijk received city rights from Count Otto II of Guelders in 1231. A defensive wall surrounding the city was completed by the end of that century. The oldest part of the city is near where the...
University of Franeker University of Franeker The University of Franeker was a university in Franeker, Friesland, presently part of the Netherlands. It was the second oldest university of the Netherlands, founded shortly after Leiden University....		1585–1811	Franeker Franeker Franeker is one of the eleven historical cities of Friesland and capital of the municipality of Franekeradeel. It is located about 20 km west of Leeuwarden on the Van Harinxma Canal. As of 1 January 2006, it had 12,996 inhabitants. The city is famous for the Eisinga Planetarium from around...
University of Nijmegen University of Nijmegen (1655-1680) The University of Nijmegen was the first university in Nijmegen, Netherlands and existed between 1655 and ±1680....		1655–±1680	Nijmegen
University of Theology and Pastorate		1966-1999	Heerlen	Private	University for Catholic Theology

† 2003-2004; ‡ 2004-2005; # 2005-2006; * 2006-2007; ##including research staff at the associated institutes. All figures without signs are estimates or from undated sources; †† Degrees of these non-accredited "universities" have no legal status anywhere. According to Dutch law, it is illegal to use protected titles which can only be given by universities that are accredited. Protected titles are ing. bc. mr. ir. drs. and dr. English variants (MSc BSc MA BA LLB LLM BEng PhD) are not (yet) protected by Dutch law (but using the title "dr." based on a PhD degree, without permission from DUO, is a violation of Dutch law as the title "doctor" is protected). One may bear in the Netherlands foreign titles according to the laws of the country wherein they were granted, but without translating them in Dutch.

Vocational universities

Vocational universities in the Netherlands are institutions of tertiary education

Tertiary education

that in Dutch are called hogeschool. Their focus is towards professional education rather than scientific research. They are accredited to confer bachelor's

Bachelor's degree

, master's

Master's degree

A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...

and, prior to the Bologna Process

Bologna process

The purpose of the Bologna Process is the creation of the European Higher Education Area by making academic degree standards and quality assurance standards more comparable and compatible throughout Europe, in particular under the Lisbon Recognition Convention...

, engineer's degrees.

While the literal translation of hogeschool is "high school", these entities are equal to vocational universities

Vocational university

A vocational university is an institution of higher education and sometimes research, which provides both tertiary and sometimes quaternary education and grants academic degrees at all levels in a variety of subjects...

. They can also be compared with colleges, polytechnics

Institute of technology

Institute of technology is a designation employed in a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable levels of the educational system...

, and universities of applied arts. Dutch vocational universities cannot use the name university in the Dutch language

Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

(universiteit) and are not accredited to confer doctorates (PhD) degrees. In international contexts, the phrase University of Applied Sciences is used for the majority of these schools, as suggested by the Dutch Minister of Education. Some specific exceptions have been made. For example, tertiary art school

Art school

Art school is a general term for any educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts, especially illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and graphic design. The term applies to institutions with elementary, secondary, post-secondary or undergraduate, or graduate or...

s and schools of education

School of education

In the United States and Canada, a school of education is a division within a university that is devoted to scholarship in the field of education, which is an interdisciplinary branch of the social sciences encompassing sociology, psychology, linguistics, economics, political science, public...

use an internationally recognisable name of choice.

The Dutch vocational universities include the following:

Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten
Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten
The Amsterdam School of the Arts is a Dutch vocational university of arts located in Amsterdam.The university consists of:* Academy of Fine Art in Education* Academy of Architecture* Conservatorium van Amsterdam - a music academy...

, Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
Artez Institute of Arts
Artez
Artez Institute of the Arts is a Dutch vocational university with branches in Arnhem, Enschede, and Zwolle. Artez is officially styled as ArtEZ with the A representing Arnhem, E for Enschede, and Z for Zwolle...

, Arnhem
Arnhem
Arnhem is a city and municipality, situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and located near the river Nederrijn as well as near the St. Jansbeek, which was the source of the city's development. Arnhem has 146,095 residents as one of the...
Avans Hogeschool
Avans Hogeschool
Avans University of Applied Science is a Dutch vocational university. It is located in three cities: Breda, 's-Hertogenbosch, and Tilburg. The school has 18,000 students studying 40 courses in 18 institutes. There are 1800 employees....

, 's-Hertogenbosch/Tilburg
Tilburg
Tilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....

/Breda/Etten-Leur
Etten-Leur
Etten-Leur is a municipality in the southern Netherlands. Its name is a combination of the two towns from which the municipality originally arose: Etten and Leur...
Christelijke Agrarische Hogeschool Dronten, Dronten
Dronten
Dronten is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands. Its population is 39,787 .- History :Plans for the municipality of Dronten were made in the early half of the 1950s; real plans for the town of Dronten were revealed in 1958.The foundations for the town were laid in 1960...
Christelijke Hogeschool Ede
Christelijke Hogeschool Ede
The Christelijke Hogeschool Ede is a Dutch vocational university, based in Ede in the central Netherlands...

, Ede
Ede, Netherlands
' is a municipality and a town in the center of the Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland.- Population centres :Community :* Bennekom: 14.749* De Klomp: 508* Deelen: 50* Ede : 67.812* Ederveen: 3.167* Harskamp: 3.464...
Christelijke Hogeschool Nederland, Leeuwarden
Christelijke Hogeschool Windesheim
Christelijke Hogeschool Windesheim
Windesheim University of Applied Sciences is a Dutch vocational university. It offers multiple studies at the bachelor's level. Windesheim is home to a total of ten different schools:*School of Built Environment & Transport*School of Business & Economics...

, Zwolle
Zwolle
Zwolle is a municipality and the capital city of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands, 120 kilometers northeast of Amsterdam. Zwolle has about 120,000 citizens.-History:...
Design Academy Eindhoven, Eindhoven
Fontys Hogescholen, Eindhoven/'s-Hertogenbosch/Sittard
Sittard
Sittard is a city in the Dutch province of Limburg, which is the southernmost province of the Netherlands.On the east Sittard borders on Germany . It has some 48,400 inhabitants . Sittard is part of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen...

/Tilburg
Tilburg
Tilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....

/Venlo
Venlo
Venlo is a municipality and a city in the southeastern Netherlands, next to the German border. It is situated in the province of Limburg.In 2001, the municipalities of Belfeld and Tegelen were merged into the municipality of Venlo. Tegelen was originally part of the Duchy of Jülich centuries ago,...
- Fontys Hogeschool Journalistiek
  Fontys Academy of Journalism
  The Fontys Academy of Journalism is one of the four journalism schools in the Netherlands. It is based in Tilburg, North Brabant...
Gereformeerde Hogeschool, Zwolle
Zwolle
Zwolle is a municipality and the capital city of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands, 120 kilometers northeast of Amsterdam. Zwolle has about 120,000 citizens.-History:...
Gerrit Rietveld Academie
Gerrit Rietveld Academie
-Profile:More than 45% of the student population comes from abroad, originating from over 60 different countries around the world. Most of the classes are in English...

, Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
Hanzehogeschool Groningen
Hanzehogeschool Groningen
Hanze University of Applied Sciences , Groningen is the largest university of applied sciences in the northern Netherlands and is located in Groningen....

, Groningen
HAS Den Bosch
HAS Den Bosch
thumb|300px|HAS Den Bosch[['s-Hertogenbosch]]University of Applied Sciences HAS Den Bosch is the key Dutch training institute and centre of expertise for the fields of agriculture, horticulture, food, nature conservation and environment in the south of the Netherlands...

, 's-Hertogenbosch
Hogeschool De Horst, Driebergen
Driebergen
Driebergen is a former village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. Later it became a part of the single town of Driebergen-Rijsenburg. And presently it's part of Utrechtse Heuvelrug....
Hogeschool Domstad, Utrecht
Utrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
Hogeschool Drenthe
Hogeschool Drenthe
Drenthe University of Applied Sciences is a former vocational university in the Netherlands. Located in the province of Drenthe its departments were scattered across the cities of Assen, Emmen and Meppel. Since 2008 it is merged with CHN University of Applied Sciences to Stenden University of...

, Emmen
Hogeschool Driestar educatief, Gouda
Gouda
Gouda is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Gouda, which was granted city rights in 1272, is famous for its Gouda cheese, smoking pipes, and 15th-century city hall....
Hogeschool Edith Stein / Onderwijscentrum Twente, Hengelo
Hengelo
Hengelo is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. The city lies along the motorways A1/E30 and A35 and it has a station for the International Amsterdam – Hannover – Berlin service.-Traffic and transport:...
Hogeschool Helicon, Zeist
Zeist
Zeist is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands, located east of the city of Utrecht.-Population centres :*Austerlitz*Bosch en Duin*Den Dolder*Huis ter Heide*Zeist- The town of Zeist :...
Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Alkmaar
Alkmaar
Alkmaar is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of Noord Holland. Alkmaar is well known for its traditional cheese market. For tourists, it is a popular cultural destination.-History:...

/Delft
Delft
Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland , the Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam and The Hague....

/Den Haag/Diemen
Diemen
Diemen is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands with a population of around 24,000. Diemen is located in the province of North Holland directly to the east of Amsterdam within the capital's metropolitan area.-Geography:...

/Dordrecht
Dordrecht
Dordrecht , colloquially Dordt, historically in English named Dort, is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the fourth largest city of the province, having a population of 118,601 in 2009...

/Haarlem
Haarlem
Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...

/Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...

/Utrecht
Utrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...

/Zaanstad
Zaanstad
Zaanstad is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Its main town is Zaandam. It is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam.-Population centres:...
Hogeschool IPABO, Alkmaar
Alkmaar
Alkmaar is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of Noord Holland. Alkmaar is well known for its traditional cheese market. For tourists, it is a popular cultural destination.-History:...

/Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
Hogeschool Leiden
Hogeschool Leiden
University of Applied Sciences Leiden , Dutch: Hogeschool Leiden , is a vocational university in the Netherlands...

, Leiden
Hogeschool Rotterdam
Hogeschool Rotterdam
- About :The Hogeschool Rotterdam is a University of Applied Sciences located in the city of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. It was created in 1988 by a large-scale merger of 19 higher education schools followed by a merger with the Hogeschool voor Economische Studies . It holds class at ten locations...

, Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
Hogeschool van Amsterdam
Hogeschool van Amsterdam
The Hogeschool van Amsterdam, University of Applied Sciences , or Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, is one of the largest institutes for higher professional education in the Netherlands. The HvA mainly offers bachelor degree programmes, but also has a number of master degree programmes...

, Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen
Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen
The HAN University of Applied Sciences , often abbreviated as HAN, is a university of applied sciences with campuses in Arnhem and Nijmegen in the Netherlands. It offers Bachelor and Master degrees in a wide range of subjects. Arnhem Business School is the international department of HAN University...

, Arnhem
Arnhem
Arnhem is a city and municipality, situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and located near the river Nederrijn as well as near the St. Jansbeek, which was the source of the city's development. Arnhem has 146,095 residents as one of the...

/Nijmegen
Hogeschool van beeldende kunsten, muziek en dans, The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein
Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein
Van Hall Larenstein, University of Applied Sciences is a vocational university in the northern and eastern Netherlands. The school was created through a merger between the Van Hall Institute in Leeuwarden and IAH Larenstein in Velp.-History:...

, Leeuwarden, Wageningen
Wageningen
' is a municipality and a historical town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specializes in life sciences. The city has 37,414 inhabitants , of which many thousands are students...

, Velp
Velp
Velp may also refer to either:* Velp, Gelderland - a town in the Netherlands part of Rheden* Velp, North Brabant - a town in the Netherlands part of Grave * The Velp or Velpe, a tributuary of the River Demer, in the Flemish Region of Belgium...
Hogeschool Utrecht, Utrecht
Utrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Utrecht
Utrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
Hogeschool voor Economische Studies (HES), Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

/Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
Hogeschool voor Muziek en Dans
Hogeschool voor Muziek en Dans
Havo voor Muziek en Dans is a havo music and drama school in Rotterdam, Netherlands....

, Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
Hogeschool Zeeland
Hogeschool Zeeland
The HZ University of Applied Sciences is a vocational university in the Dutch province of Zeeland and has buildings in Vlissingen and Terneuzen.- External links :...

, Vlissingen
Hogeschool Zuyd, Heerlen
Heerlen
Heerlen is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. The municipality is the second largest in the province of Limburg. It forms part of Parkstad Limburg, , an agglomeration of about 220,000 inhabitants.After its early Roman beginnings and a rather modest medieval period, Heerlen...

/Sittard
Sittard
Sittard is a city in the Dutch province of Limburg, which is the southernmost province of the Netherlands.On the east Sittard borders on Germany . It has some 48,400 inhabitants . Sittard is part of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen...

/Maastricht
Maastricht
Maastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...
Hotelschool The Hague
Hotelschool The Hague
Hotelschool The Hague is an international vocational university specializing in hospitality management located in The Hague, the Netherlands...
Iselinge Educatieve Faculteit, Doetinchem
Doetinchem
Doetinchem is a city and municipality in the east of the Netherlands. It is situated along the Oude IJssel river in a part of the province of Gelderland called the Achterhoek . The municipality has 56,700 inhabitants and has an area of 79.66 km²...
Islamic University of Rotterdam
Islamic University of Rotterdam
The Islamic University of Rotterdam also known by its acronym IUR is a vocational university founded in 1997 . It is a member of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World...

, Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
Katholieke PABO Zwolle, Zwolle
Zwolle
Zwolle is a municipality and the capital city of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands, 120 kilometers northeast of Amsterdam. Zwolle has about 120,000 citizens.-History:...
NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences
NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences
thumb|300px|NHTV campus as seen from the air.NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences is a vocational university in Breda, Netherlands. It was founded in 1987 with the merger of two educational institutions. Since, the university has increased in the number of staff, students and programmes...

, Breda
Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden
PC Hogeschool Marnix Academie, Lerarenopleiding Basisonderwijs, Utrecht
Utrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
Pedagogische Hogeschool De Kempel, Helmond
Helmond
Helmond is a municipality and a city in the province of North Brabant in the southern Netherlands.- Quarters and Neighbourhoods :*Quarter 11 Inner City**Neighbourhood 0 Centrum**Neighbourhood 2 Leonardus**Neighbourhood 3 Heipoort...
The Hague University of Applied Science
The Hague University of Applied Science
The Hague University of Applied Sciences is a vocational university in The Hague, Netherlands. It was founded in 1987 as the merger of 14 educational institutions...

(De Haagse Hogeschool) (The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...

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Saxion, Enschede
Enschede
Enschede , also known as Eanske in the local dialect of Twents, is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region...

/Deventer
Deventer
Deventer is a municipality and city in the Salland region of the Dutch province of Overijssel. Deventer is largely situated on the east bank of the river IJssel, but also has a small part of its territory on the west bank. In 2005 the municipality of Bathmen Deventer is a municipality and city in...

/Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland, about 60 miles south east of Amsterdam, in the centre of the Netherlands. It is a regional centre and has 155,000 . The municipality of Apeldoorn, including villages like Beekbergen, Loenen and Hoenderloo, has over 155,000...
Stenden Hogeschool, Assen
Assen
Assen is a municipality and a city in the north eastern Netherlands, capital of the province of Drenthe. It received city rights in 1809. Assen's main claim to fame is the TT Circuit Assen the motorcycle racing circuit, where on the last Saturday in June the Dutch TT is run...

/Emmen/Leeuwarden/Meppen
Meppen
Meppen can mean:*Meppen, Germany, a town in Germany*Meppen , a village in Drenthe, Netherlands...
Stoas Hogeschool
Stoas Hogeschool
Stoas University of Applied Sciences is a Dutch vocational college with the head office in Ede. There are also branches in Dronten and 's-Hertogenbosch....

, Dronten
Dronten
Dronten is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands. Its population is 39,787 .- History :Plans for the municipality of Dronten were made in the early half of the 1950s; real plans for the town of Dronten were revealed in 1958.The foundations for the town were laid in 1960...

/'s-Hertogenbosch/Wageningen
Wageningen
' is a municipality and a historical town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specializes in life sciences. The city has 37,414 inhabitants , of which many thousands are students...
Zuid Nederlandse Hogeschool voor Muziek (Maastricht
Maastricht
Maastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...

/Tilburg
Tilburg
Tilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....

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Wittenborg University
Wittenborg University
Wittenborg University is an international University of Applied Sciences.- About Wittenborg :The University is situated in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, and known in Dutch as Hogeschool Wittenborg...

of Applied Sciences, Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland, about 60 miles south east of Amsterdam, in the centre of the Netherlands. It is a regional centre and has 155,000 . The municipality of Apeldoorn, including villages like Beekbergen, Loenen and Hoenderloo, has over 155,000...

THE–QS World University Rankings

Ranking list according to the THE–QS World University Rankings (indicated in purple are high and low scores)(http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2011-2012/top-400.html):

Institution	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011 (QS)	2011 (THE)
University of Amsterdam	98	58	69	48	53	49	56	63	92
Leiden University Leiden University Leiden University , located in the city of Leiden, is the oldest university in the Netherlands. The university was founded in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange, leader of the Dutch Revolt in the Eighty Years' War. The royal Dutch House of Orange-Nassau and Leiden University still have a close...	131	138	90	84	64	60	82	88	79
Utrecht University Utrecht University Utrecht University is a university in Utrecht, Netherlands. It is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands and one of the largest in Europe. Established March 26, 1636, it had an enrollment of 29,082 students in 2008, and employed 8,614 faculty and staff, 570 of which are full professors....	120	120	95	89	67	70	83	80	68
Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology , also known as TU Delft, is the largest and oldest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands...	78	53	86	63	78	83	108	104	104
Erasmus University Rotterdam	64	57	92	163	126	108	99	103	157
Maastricht University	123	157	172	111	111	116	111	109	197
Eindhoven University of Technology Eindhoven University of Technology The ' is a university of technology located in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The motto of the university is: Mens agitat molem . The university was the second of its kind in the Netherlands, only Delft University of Technology existed previously. Until mid-1980 it was known as the...	83	70	67	130	128	120	126	146	115
University of Groningen University of Groningen The University of Groningen , located in the city of Groningen, was founded in 1614. It is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands as well as one of its largest. Since its inception more than 100,000 students have graduated...				193	144	138	120	115	134
Wageningen University Wageningen University Wageningen University and Research Centre is a Dutch public university in Wageningen, The Netherlands. It consists of Wageningen University, the Van Hall-Larenstein School of Higher Professional Education, and the former agricultural research institutes of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture...		108	97	148	142	155	178	175	75
Vrije Universiteit Vrije Universiteit The Vrije Universiteit is a university in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch name is often abbreviated as VU and in English the university uses the name "VU University". The university is located on a compact urban campus in the southern part of Amsterdam in the Buitenveldert district...		186	183		155	165	171	179	159
University of Twente			115	185	200	200	199	226	200
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen	191	177	137	195			149	138	159

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