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Archived Data
Higher Education Sector | Inbound Mobility | Outbound Mobility

2011/12

Total international student enrollment: 87,100

Do these counts of international students reflect both public and private institutions? Public only

Top 10 places of origin and percentage of total international student enrollment

Rank Place of Origin Number of Students Percent of Total
1 Germany 26,050 29.9%
2 China 5,700 6.5%
3 Belgium 2,900 3.3%
4 Spain 2,200 2.5%
5 France 2,150 2.5%
6 Italy 1,750 2.0%
7 Bulgaria 1,700 2.0%
8 United States 1,650 1.9%
9 United Kingdom 1,600 1.8%
10 Greece 1,550 1.8%
All Others 22,200 25.5%
Unknown Origin 17,650 20.3%

Level of study information for the top 10 places of origin (35 KB, XLS)

Note: All the numbers are rounded off to the nearest 50.

Source: Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC)


2011/10

Total international student enrollment: 81,700

Do these counts of international students reflect both public and private institutions? Public only

Top 10 sending places of origin and percentage of total international student enrollment

Rank Place of Origin Number of Students Percent of Total
1 Germany 24,750 30.3%
2 China 5,450 6.7%
3 Belgium 2,650 3.2%
4 Spain 2,050 2.5%
5 France 2,000 2.4%
6 Italy 1,550 1.9%
7 United States 1,500 1.8%
8 Bulgaria 1,450 1.8%
9 Turkey 1,400 1.7%
10 Poland 1,400 1.7%
All Others 20,800 25.5%
Unknown Origin 16,700 20.4%

Note: All the numbers are rounded off to the nearest 50.

Source: Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC)


2009/10

Total international student enrollment: 76,750

Do these counts of international students reflect both public and private institutions? Public only

Top 10 places of origin and percentage of total international student enrollment

Rank Place of Origin Number of Students Percent of Total
1 Germany 21,700 28.3%
2 China 5,100 6.6%
3 Belgium 2,550 3.3%
4 Spain 2,000 2.6%
5 France 1,850 2.4%
6 United States 1,500 2.0%
7 Italy 1,400 1.8%
8 Poland 1,350 1.8%
9 Turkey 1,350 1.8%
10 United Kingdom 1,250 1.6%
All Others 19,250 25.1%
Unknown Origin 17,450 22.7%

Note: All the numbers are rounded off to the nearest 50.

Source: Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC)


2008/09

Total international student enrollment: 76,000

Do these counts of international students reflect both public and private institutions? Public only

Top 10 sending places of origin and percentage of total international student enrollment

Rank Place of Origin Number of Students Percent of Total
1 Germany 19,750 26.0%
2 China 5,000 6.6%
3 Belgium 2,500 3.3%
4 Spain 1,950 2.6%
5 France 1,650 2.2%
6 Indonesia 1,350 1.8%
7 Italy 1,350 1.8%
8 United States 1,300 1.7%
9 Poland 1,300 1.7%
10 United Kingdom 1,150 1.5%
All Others 18,200 23.9%
Unknown Origin 20,500 27.0%

Note: All the numbers are rounded off to the nearest 50.

Source: Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC)


2007

Total international student enrollment: 48,900

Top 10 sending places of origin and percentage of total international student enrollment

Rank Place of Origin Number of Students Percent of Total
1 Germany 16,750 34.2%
2 China 4,750 9.7%
3 Belgium 2,450 5.0%
4 Spain 2,000 4.0%
5 France 1,650 3.3%
6 Indonesia 1,450 2.9%
7 Poland 1,250 2.5%
8 Italy 1,200 2.4%
9 United Kingdom 1,150 2.3%
10 Turkey 1,100 2.2%
All Others 15,150 31.5%
Note: The total and the breakdown numbers do not include international student enrollment from the unknown places of origin. All the numbers are rounded off to the nearest 50. Source: Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC)

2004

Total international student enrollment: 42,035

Top 10 sending places of origin and percentage of total international student enrollment

Rank Place of Origin Percent of Total
1 Germany 10.1%
2 China 2.7%
3 Belgium 2.5%
4 Morocco 1.0%
5 Indonesia 0.9%
6 Suriname 0.8%
7 Spain 0.6%
8 Turkey 0.5%
9 Poland 0.5%
10 Russia 0.4%
All Others 80.0%

Note: The total number does not include international student enrollment from the unknown places of origin.

Source: Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC)


2000

Do these counts of international students reflect both public and private institutions? Public only

Top 10 sending places of origin and percentage of total international student enrollment

Rank Place of Origin Percent of Total
1 Germany 22.2%
2 Morocco 10.3%
3 Belgium 10.0%
4 Spain 5.4%
5 Turkey 4.8%
6 Suriname 4.6%
7 China 4.3%
8 United Kingdom 3.1%
9 Indonesia 3.0%
10 France 2.1%
All Others 30.2%
Source: Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC)
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