Universities expect more students to sign up, call for better funding

Posted date: 04 Jun 2021

Dutch universities expect more students will sign up for a bachelor’s degree in the coming academic year, and that includes an increase in international students, the university association VNSU said on Friday.

 ‘Our initial prognoses suggest the number of students registering for university will rise by 5%,’ VNSU chairman Pieter Duisenberg said. Last year student numbers rose nearly 13% and this year’s rise will only increase the financial pressure on universities, he said. The next government, he said, ‘will have to ensure a structural increase in our basic financing.’

The number of students attending one of the Netherlands’ 13 universities has doubled to 327,000 in 20 years, but government funding per student has gone down 25%.

‘Without extra investment, there will be consequences for the quality of education, the pressure will increase on staff and the Netherlands’ expertise and innovation will be damaged,’ Duisenberg said.

Reference Link: https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/05/universities-expect-more-students-to-sign-up-call-for-better-funding/

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