Universities in Netherlands

Higher education in the Netherlands consists of two main types of institutions:

• Universities of Applied Sciences (HBO): These institutions offer practice-oriented, professional programs. They include: comprehensive applied sciences universities and specialized institutions focusing on agriculture, fine arts, design, education, and more.
• Research Universities (WO): These institutions include: general research universities, technical universities,  agricultural universities

Both types of institutions offer Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral programs, but the focus differs: HBO emphasizes professional skills and applied learning while WO emphasizes academic research and theoretical study. At Dutch universities, students may choose to study in Dutch, with subsidized tuition fees, or in English. 

List of Dutch universities:

Research Universities

1. University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
2. Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam
3. Amsterdam University College, Amsterdam
4. VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam
5. VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam
6. Amsterdam University College, Amsterdam
7. University of Groningen, Groningen
8. University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen
9. Leiden University, Leiden
10. Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden
11. Maastricht University, Maastricht
12. Academic Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht
13. University College Maastricht, Maastricht
14. Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen
15. University Medical Center St Radboud, Nijmegen
16. Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam
17. Erasmus MC, Rotterdam
18. Tilburg University, Tilburg
19. University College Tilburg, Tilburg
20. TiasNimbas Business School, Tilburg
21. Utrecht University, Utrecht
22. University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht
23. University College Utrecht, Utrecht
24. Roosevelt Academy, Middelburg
25. Delft University of Technology, Delft
26. Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven
27. University of Twente, Enschede
28. Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen
29. Wageningen University, Wageningen
30. Agricultural Research Institutes, throughout the Netherlands
31. Open University, Nationwide; HQ in Heerlen
32. University of Curaçao, Curaçao
33. Nyenrode Business Universiteit, Breukelen
34. Kampen Theological University, Kampen
35. Kampen Theological University of the Reformed Churches (Liberated), Kampen
36. Apeldoorn Theological University of the Christian Reformed Churches,  Apeldoorn
37. University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht
38. Catholic University of Utrecht, Utrecht
39. University of Harderwijk, Harderwijk
40. University of Franeker, Franeker
41. University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen
42. University of Theology and Pastorate, Heerlen

Universities of Applied Sciences

1. Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Amsterdam
2. Artez Institute of Arts, Arnhem
3. Avans Hogeschool, ‘s-Hertogenbosch/Tilburg/Breda/Etten-Leur
4. Christelijke Agrarische Hogeschool Dronten, Dronten
5. Christelijke Hogeschool Ede, Ede
6. Christelijke Hogeschool Nederland, Leeuwarden
7. Christelijke Hogeschool Windesheim, Zwolle
8. Design Academy Eindhoven, Eindhoven
9. Fontys Hogescholen, Eindhoven/‘s-Hertogenbosch/Sittard/Tilburg/Venlo
10. Fontys Hogeschool Journalistiek
11. Gereformeerde Hogeschool, Zwolle
12. Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
13. Hanzehogeschool Groningen, Groningen
14. HAS University of Applied Sciences, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
15. Hogeschool De Horst, Driebergen
16. Hogeschool Domstad, Utrecht
17. Hogeschool Drenthe, Emmen
18. Hogeschool Driestar educatief, Gouda
19. Hogeschool Edith Stein / Onderwijscentrum Twente, Hengelo
20. Hogeschool Helicon, Zeist
21. Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Alkmaar/Delft/Den Haag/Diemen/Dordrecht/Haarlem/Rotterdam/Utrecht/Zaanstad
22. Hogeschool IPABO, Alkmaar/Amsterdam
23. Hogeschool Leiden, Leiden
24. Hogeschool Rotterdam, Rotterdam
25. Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Amsterdam
26. Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen, Arnhem/Nijmegen
27. Hogeschool van beeldende kunsten, muziek en dans, The Hague
28. Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein, Leeuwarden, Wageningen, Velp
29. Hogeschool Utrecht, Utrecht
30. Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Utrecht
31. Hogeschool voor Economische Studies (HES), Amsterdam/Rotterdam
32. Hogeschool voor Muziek en Dans, Rotterdam
33. Hogeschool Zeeland, Vlissingen
34. Hogeschool Zuyd, Heerlen/Sittard/Maastricht
35. Hotelschool The Hague
36. Iselinge Educatieve Faculteit, Doetinchem
37. Islamic University of Rotterdam, Rotterdam
38. Katholieke PABO Zwolle, Zwolle
39. NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, Breda
40. Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden
41. PC Hogeschool Marnix Academie, Lerarenopleiding Basisonderwijs, Utrecht
42. Pedagogische Hogeschool De Kempel, Helmond
43. The Hague University of Applied Science (De Haagse Hogeschool) (The Hague)
44. Saxion, Enschede/Deventer/Apeldoorn
45. Stenden Hogeschool, Assen/Emmen/Leeuwarden/Meppel
46. Stoas Hogeschool, Dronten/‘s-Hertogenbosch/Wageningen
47. Zuid Nederlandse Hogeschool voor Muziek (Maastricht/Tilburg)
48. Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences, Apeldoorn

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