{"id":126738,"date":"2021-05-11T10:40:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T08:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=126738"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:37","slug":"universities-to-welcome-even-more-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/05\/11\/universities-to-welcome-even-more-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Universities to welcome even more students"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a rule, prospective students are required to register for a higher education programme before 1 May. Now that the deadline has passed, the institutions can set about making an estimate: how many first-year students can they expect to welcome in September?<\/p>\n

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Freshmen at the Eureka Week information fair<\/span><\/p>

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From around 100,000 Bachelor\u2019s applications at last year\u2019s deadline, this year the total has risen to around 105,000. In other words, all the indicators suggest yet another increase in university student numbers.<\/p>\n

Figures from previous years suggest that up to one third will end up not pursuing their application. Some will opt out in favour of a gap year, others will fail to get the grades they need and international applicants may end up selecting another country. Last year, 65,000 of the 100,000 applications were followed up. In light of this year\u2019s higher total, that would amount to 69,000 first-year students entering university Bachelor\u2019s programmes in September.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The comparison with last year is trickier than usual, as the 2020 deadline was pushed back a month \u2013 from 1 May to 1 June \u2013 due to the coronavirus crisis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t

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