A quarter of international students do not come to the Netherlands
A quarter of students from outside the European Union who initially planned to study in the Netherlands from September are unlikely to come. This is the conclusion of a study by the internationalization organization Nuffic.
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International students are still interested in coming to study in the Netherlands, but it is not certain whether they will also register for a study. This is evident from a research of the internationalization organization Nuffic among 941 potential students from outside the European Union.
Limited financial opportunities and travel restrictions create a lot of uncertainty, according to the survey among 941 potential students from outside the European Union. A quarter of these students do not expect to come to our country to study in the coming academic year. 36 percent say they still have doubts.
This academic year (2019-2020), more than 25 students from outside the EU are still studying in our country. In total, more than 38 international students started a bachelor's or master's degree in the Netherlands in September. In early March, tens of thousands of them left - international from all grades - the country to sit out the corona crisis in their home country.
Universities and universities of applied sciences do not immediately collapse when internationalization comes to a standstill, but the situation at twelve institutions is worrisome if the international intake stops, the Education Inspectorate noted last year. Because the institutions have financial buffers, they can absorb the first blow . But if the international influx decreases for a longer period of time, survival becomes difficult, the Education Magazine reported last month.
