{"id":122810,"date":"2021-02-10T13:58:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T12:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=122810"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:23","slug":"number-of-eur-students-exceeds-30000-for-the-first-time-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/02\/10\/number-of-eur-students-exceeds-30000-for-the-first-time-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of EUR students exceeds 30,000 for the first time ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the final enrolment figures released by the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), more than 30,000 students are currently enrolled in Erasmus University.<\/p>\n

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A record number of 327,000 students is enrolled in Dutch universities at present, up 8 per cent from last year. Master\u2019s degrees, in particular, have seen a significant increase in enrolments. And despite the coronavirus crisis, many international students from European countries have come to the Netherlands this year to get a degree.<\/p>\n

The number of first-year Bachelor\u2019s students enrolled in Dutch universities rose by almost 13 per cent in one year. The number of students entering university straight from Dutch VWO (pre-university) schools was one percentage point higher. Since no nation-wide school-leaving exams were held last year, more pupils than usual were awarded school-leaving certificates. Many of them decided to enrol in an academic degree programme straight away. Another factor that contributed to the higher enrolment figures is the fact that many young people are refraining from taking a gap year during the pandemic, as backpacking in Australia or working as an au pair in Paris is not a very attractive proposition at present.<\/p>\n

Erasmus University also saw an increase in its number of Bachelor\u2019s students, although its increase was lower than the national trend. A total of 6,338 new Bachelor\u2019s students enrolled in EUR degree programmes this year, a 7.8 per cent increase on the previous academic year.<\/p>\n