A listing of universities in the Kingdom of the Netherlands:

Research universities

Research

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are institutions of

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

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and (with the exception of the Netherlands Defence Academy)

doctoral degree A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''l ...

s. Prior to the Bologna Process, the universities granted ''drs.'' ('' doctorandus''), ''mr. (for law studies)'' and ''ir.'' (for engineering studies) degrees, which are equivalent to current MBA, MA, LLM or MSc degrees. The term ''universiteit'' is reserved to doctorate granting institutes in the Dutch context, and the additional qualifier "research" is hardly ever used in practice. There are public Universities and Private Universities in Netherlands. † 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. 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.

Universities of Applied Sciences

Universities of applied sciences (Dutch: ''hogeschool'') in the Netherlands are focused on professional education rather than scientific research. While the literal translation of hogeschool is "high school", these are second-tier institutes of higher education, and can be compared with colleges, polytechnics in other countries. They are accredited to confer bachelor's and

degrees. Prior to the Bologna Process, they also conferred professional engineer's (abbreviated ing.) degrees. Dutch universities of applied sciences are not accredited to confer doctoral (PhD) degrees; PhD studies can sometimes be conducted in the context of a university of applied sciences, however, the title will be granted by one of the research universities, and a full professor of that university will be appointed as principal supervisor (promotor). 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

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s and schools of education use an internationally recognisable name of choice. The Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences include the following: *

Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten The Amsterdam University of the Arts ( nl, Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten) is a Dutch vocational university of arts located in Amsterdam. The university consists of: * Academy of Architecture * Academy of Theatre and Dance * Breitner A ...

(Amsterdam University of the Arts),

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...

* Artez Institute of Arts,

Arnhem Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both ban ...

/ Enschede/

Zwolle Zwolle () is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and the province's second-largest municipality after Enschede with a population of 130,592 as of 1 December 2021. Zwolle is on ...

Avans Hogeschool Avans University of Applied Sciences ( nl, Avans Hogeschool) is a Dutch high ranked vocational university. It is located in three cities: Breda, 's-Hertogenbosch, and Tilburg. The school has 30,000 students studying 40 courses in 18 institutes. ...

's-Hertogenbosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...

Tilburg Tilburg () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, in the southern province of North Brabant. With a population of 222,601 (1 July 2021), it is the second-largest city or municipality in North Brabant after Eindhoven and the seventh-larg ...

/ Breda/

Etten-Leur Etten-Leur () is a municipality in the Dutch province North Brabant. Its name is a combination of the two villages from which the municipality originally acrose: Etten and Leur. History The villages were always part of one municipality, originally ...

Breda University of Applied Sciences Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas), formerly NHTV, is a Dutch vocational university in Breda, Netherlands. BUas caters for more than 7,000 Dutch and international students from over 80 countries. The institute offers professional and ac ...

, Breda * Christelijke Agrarische Hogeschool Dronten,

Dronten Dronten () is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Flevoland. It had a population of in . History Plans for the municipality of Dronten were made in the early half of the 1950s; real plans for the town of Dr ...

* Christelijke Hogeschool Ede (Ede Christian University of Applied Sciences), Ede * Christelijke Hogeschool Nederland,

Leeuwarden Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Stadsfries dialects, Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in Fri ...

Design Academy Eindhoven Design Academy Eindhoven is an interdisciplinary educational institute for art, architecture and design in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The work of its faculty and alumni have brought it international recognition, and is widely regarded as one of the ...

, Eindhoven * Fontys Hogescholen (Fontys University of Applied Sciences), Eindhoven/

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Venlo Venlo () is a city and municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, close to the border with Germany. It is situated in the province of Limburg, about 50 km east of the city of Eindhoven, 65 km north east of the provincial capital Maastricht, a ...

* Fontys Hogeschool Journalistiek * Gereformeerde Hogeschool,

* Gerrit Rietveld Academie,

* The Hague University of Applied Sciences (De Haagse Hogeschool),

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital o ...

* Hanzehogeschool Groningen (Hanze University of Applied Sciences), Groningen * HAS University of Applied Sciences,

* Hogeschool De Horst, Driebergen * Hogeschool Domstad,

Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Net ...

* Hogeschool Driestar educatief, Gouda * Hogeschool Edith Stein / Onderwijscentrum Twente,

Hengelo Hengelo (; Tweants: ) is a city in the eastern part of the 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. Popu ...

* Hogeschool Helicon,

Zeist Zeist () is the capital and largest town of the municipality of Zeist. The town is located in the Utrecht province of the Netherlands, east of the city of Utrecht. History The town of "Seist" was first mentioned in a charter in the year 8 ...

* Hogeschool IPABO, Alkmaar/

* Hogeschool Leiden (University of Applied Sciences Leiden),

Leiden Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration wi ...

* Hogeschool Rotterdam (Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences),

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"Ne ...

Hogeschool van Amsterdam The Hogeschool van Amsterdam, University of Applied Sciences (HvA), or Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), is a large institute for higher professional education in the Netherlands, established in 1993. The HvA mainly offers bachelor ...

(Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences),

Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen The HAN University of Applied Sciences, mostly referred to as HAN, is one of the largest universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands. It offers bachelor's and master's degree programs to over 36,000 students. HAN is a knowledge institute ...

/ Nijmegen * Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (Royal Academy of Art The Hague),

Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences (abbreviated as: ''VHL''; nl, Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein) is a vocational university in the Netherlands. It has locations in Leeuwarden and Velp (near Arnhem). History Since January 2003 ...

, Wageningen, Velp * Hogeschool Utrecht (HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht),

* Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (Utrecht School of the Arts),

* Hogeschool voor Economische Studies (HES),

* Hogeschool voor Muziek en Dans,

* Hogeschool Zeeland (HZ University of Applied Sciences), Vlissingen *

Hotelschool The Hague Hotelschool The Hague is a single sector university of applied sciences in the Netherlands. It was founded and funded in 1929 by the hospitality industry. In 2010, Hotelschool The Hague founded its university wide Research Centre, focusing on inte ...

* Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Alkmaar/

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Dordrecht Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after R ...

/ Haarlem/

* Inter College Business School,

* Iselinge Educatieve Faculteit, Doetinchem * Islamic University of Rotterdam,

* Katholieke PABO Zwolle,

* NHL Stenden Hogeschool (NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences),

* PC Hogeschool Marnix Academie, Lerarenopleiding Basisonderwijs,

* Pedagogische Hogeschool De Kempel, Helmond * Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Enschede/ Deventer/

Apeldoorn Apeldoorn (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland in the centre of the Netherlands. It is located about 60 km east of Utrecht, 60 km west of Enschede, 25 km north of Arnhem and 35 km south of Zwolle. Th ...

NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences Stenden University of Applied Sciences ( nl, Stenden Hogeschool) is a state-funded professional university in the north of the Netherlands. The University is the product of the merger in 2008 of Hogeschool Drenthe and Christelijke Hogeschool Ne ...

Assen Assen () is a municipality and a city in the northeastern Netherlands, and is the capital (politics), capital of the province of Drenthe. It received City rights in the Netherlands, city rights in 1809. Assen is known for TT Circuit Assen, the ...

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/ Meppel * Stoas Hogeschool,

/ Wageningen * Windesheim University of Applied Sciences,

and Almere * Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences,

Zuid Nederlandse Hogeschool voor Muziek The Maastricht Academy of Music, Dutch: ''Conservatorium Maastricht'', located in the city of Maastricht, is one of nine College or university school of music, music academies in the Netherlands. The academy is a faculty of the Zuyd University, Zu ...

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Maastricht Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the ...

) * Zuyd University of Applied Sciences,

Heerlen Heerlen (; li, Heële ) is a city and a municipality in the southeast of the Netherlands. It is the third largest settlement proper in the province of Limburg. Measured as municipality, it is the fourth municipality in the province of Limburg ...

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** Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts **

Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts Maastricht Institute of Arts, formerly known as the Academie Beeldende Kunsten Maastricht (Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design) and the Stadsacademie voor Toegepaste Kunsten (City Academy of Applied Arts), is a cluster of visual arts educat ...

** Maastricht Academy of Music ** Maastricht School of Translation and Interpreting

Private For-Profit Medical Schools

Although there are none of these schools in the mainland, many exist in the

Dutch Caribbean The Dutch Caribbean (historically known as the Dutch West Indies) are the territories, colonies, and countries, former and current, of the Dutch Empire and the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean Sea. They are in the north and south-wes ...

either in the special municipalities of the Netherlands or constituents countries of the

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. Only one is located in Amsterdam, the Amsterdam International University, which mostly offers courses via distance learning and online, while there are few classes that are held on campus when a course needs physical attendance and in particular (

Saba University Saba University School of Medicine is a private for-profit offshore medical school located on Saba, a special municipality of the Netherlands in the Caribbean. Saba University confers upon its graduates the Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree. It i ...

) only one has direct accreditation from Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders, which accredits universities in the Netherlands and Flanders. * Amsterdam International University *

Aureus University School of Medicine Aureus University School of Medicine (previously named as All Saints University of Medicine) is a private university located in Oranjestad, Aruba. Aureus confers upon its graduates the Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree. History Aureus University S ...

* Xavier University School of Medicine * Avalon University School of Medicine * St. Martinus University Faculty of Medicine *

Saba University School of Medicine Saba University School of Medicine is a private for-profit offshore medical school located on Saba, a special municipality of the Netherlands in the Caribbean. Saba University confers upon its graduates the Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree. It i ...

* American University of Integrative Sciences * American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine

Private For-Profit Business Schools

A number of private universities of applied sciences (hogescholen) are active in the Netherlands. Some of these are exclusively distance learning (online) medium learning providers. * EuroPort Business College * HBO Nederland * Leidse Onderwijs Instellingen * Markus Verbeek Praehep * NCOI * Nederlandse Talen Instituut * Schoevers * Hogeschool Tio

Webster University: The American University in the Netherlands

Webster University Leiden is a university outside the Dutch system, offering Bachelor and Master programs in the Netherlands.

Webster University Webster University is a private university with its main campus in Webster Groves, Missouri. It has multiple branch locations across the United States and countries across Europe, Asia, and Africa. It offers undergraduate and graduate program ...

is a private, non-profit American university, accredited in the United States by the Higher Learning Commission's North Central Association. The International Business and Management program, as well as the Applied Behavioral and Social Sciences program are accredited in the Netherlands by the NVAO at the hbo (professional master) level.

International rankings

In relation to their population size, Switzerland (first), Sweden (second) and the Netherlands (third) are the three countries with the highest number of universities among the 100 best of the Academic Ranking of World Universities (2014-2015). Below are shown the international rankings of the government supported research universities of the Netherlands, and the number of times they rank in the top 200 of one of the six prominent global rankings: Notes:
N.A.: Not Applicable
^a Number of times the university is ranked within the top 200 of one of the six global rankings.
^b The university is ranked within the top 150 of all six global rankings.
^c The university is ranked within the top 100 of all six global rankings.

References

External links

Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO)

CROHO (the official register of all recognized Dutch higher education studies)
{{Portal bar, Netherlands

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