More applications for HBO again
Dutch universities of applied sciences remain popular: three percent more prospective students have registered than around this time last year. Presumably, only agricultural schools see their student numbers fall.
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This is reported by the Association of Universities of Applied Sciences. The umbrella of higher education is based on figures from Studielink, the national website on which prospective students can register themselves.
The increase is greatest at 5,3 percent in teacher training courses and the PABO (education sector), followed by courses in health care (5,1 percent) and language & culture (4,5 percent). Only in the courses in 'agriculture and natural environment' there will probably be fewer students in the lectures: on May 7 the registration figures were 2,6 percent lower than a year ago.
Increase
On 7 May, a total of 155.884 people had registered for a bachelor's degree or higher education associate degree† A year earlier, the counter stood at 150.900 registrations in the same week; this is therefore an increase of 3,3 percent.
Registrations for university bachelors are almost ten percent higher this year than the year before. In view of the HBO figures, this could be due to the increasing popularity of Dutch courses among foreign students, but that is still a guess.
Exactly
If you want to know exactly how many students will start a study program in September, you will have to be patient, because registration does not equal registration: several tens of thousands still drop out. Last year, almost 107 thousand students started.
For example, students who have registered for a study can fail their final exams or decide not to start a study for some other reason. All applications for programs with a numerus fixus are also included, while only a part of those interested will be admitted.
