The percentage of international students in Dutch government-funded higher education increased slightly in 2008, to about 7.5%. As in previous years Germany, China and Belgium are the three main countries of origin. Dutch students still prefer to go the United Kingdom and Belgium. The number of schools for primary education offering early teaching of foreign languages saw a 70% increase. In secondary education 59.5% of schools have active partners abroad for educational cooperation. These are the most striking figures from the Internationalization Monitor of Education in the Netherlands 2008. In 2008, there were an estimated 76,000 international students from at least 59 different countries in the Netherlands. Of these students 51,000 followed a complete study programme, 48,250 of whom in government-funded higher education. Approximately 7,000 students from European countries came to the Netherlands on an Erasmus scholarship or through another EU programme. The number of trainees in vo ...
read more ...The percentage of international students in Dutch government-funded higher education increased slightly in 2008, to about 7.5%. As in previous years Germany, China and Belgium are the three main countries of origin. Dutch students still prefer to go the United Kingdom and Belgium. The number of schools for primary education offering early teaching of foreign languages saw a 70% increase. In secondary education 59.5% of schools have active partners abroad for educational cooperation. These are the most striking figures from the Internationalization Monitor of Education in the Netherlands 2008. In 2008, there were an estimated 76,000 international students from at least 59 different countries in the Netherlands. Of these students 51,000 followed a complete study programme, 48,250 of whom in government-funded higher education. Approximately 7,000 students from European countries came to the Netherlands on an Erasmus scholarship or through another EU programme. The number of trainees in vocational training who are able to go abroad under the Leonardo da Vinci programme increased by 18%, for the second year in a row. The number of students in vocational training who went to Turkey for a study or work placement even increased by 272%. But most students still choose the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Belgium or France as their study destination. The Health and Social Care, Welfare and Education Sector (DGO) turned out to be the most internationally-focused. This sector accounted for 63% of the total student mobility in vocational training and is followed by the Economics, Agriculture and Technology sectors.
Deze Internationaliseringsmonitor bestaat uit drie delen waarin de ontwikkelingen in het primair en voortgezet onderwijs, het beroepsonderwijs en de volwasseneneducatie, en het hoger onderwijs onder de loep worden genomen. Uit de monitor blijkt dat sinds vorig jaar het aantal leerlingen dat in het kader van het Leonardo da Vinciprogramma een bezoek aan het buitenland brengt wederom met 18% is gegroeid. Hier staat echter een daling van de docentenmobiliteit tegenover. Ook vorig jaar gingen de meeste leerlingen naar het Verenigd Koninkrijk, Duitsland, België en Frankrijk. Opvallend is de grote stijging, met 272%, van het aantal leerlingen dat naar Turkije gaat. Ook docenten kozen vorig jaar vaak voor Turkije als reisbestemming, naast Malta op de tweede plaats, en het Verenigd Koninkrijk en Duitsland op respectievelijk de derde en vierde plek. Ook hier speelt de initiatiefrijke participatie van Turkije en Malta in het Leonardo da Vinciprogramma een rol.
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