Education System
The total enrolment of students at the Netherlands universities/institutes stands around 51,000. Nearly 82,000 students pass out from these institutes. In the Netherlands regular higher education is mainly of two types:
(i) Higher professional education
(ii) University education

While students at the research-oriented universities are trained for the independent practice of work, the universities of professional education i.e. Hogescholen (as these are called in Dutch) have a practical approach and prepare students for specific career. The foreign students are offered specially designed courses by the International Education institutes.

Institutes for International Education:
The institutes of International education in the Netherlands offer advanced courses which are taught in English both at the regular universities and the universities of professional education at various levels covering a wide range of fields, especially management studies, agricultural sciences, medicine, civil engineering, remote sensing, and the arts. There are in total 11 institutions of international education in the country.

Students pursuing studies at the International Education in the Netherlands are allowed all the infrastructure facilities.