{"id":198718,"date":"2026-07-16T10:32:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=198718"},"modified":"2026-07-16T10:32:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:32:25","slug":"afspraken-over-internationale-studenten-zijn-nu-officieel-vastgelegd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/07\/16\/afspraken-over-internationale-studenten-zijn-nu-officieel-vastgelegd\/","title":{"rendered":"Agreements on international students now officially formalised"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Wednesday, higher education institutions and education minister Letschert signed the administrative agreements on the intake of international students. The previously agreed ‘self-regulation’ will therefore be continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When the previous cabinet wanted to take strong measures on the internationalisation of higher education, the universities and universities of applied sciences came up with a counter-proposal: what if they themselves balanced the international intake? That was called ‘self-regulation’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new cabinet is less hostile towards internationals. But the recruitment of international students must be targeted: more may be admitted in shrinking regions, as well as in shortage sectors such as engineering, healthcare and education. Allowing more international students in one sector or region means there is less room in others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agreements on this are now anchored in an administrative accord with the minister. But the universities and universities of applied sciences remain responsible. “The parties are working from the trust and certainty that universities of applied sciences and universities have committed themselves to the implementation”, the agreement states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Numerus fixus<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The thirteen universities want, as previously promised, to admit no more than 16,766 international students each year. Each has its own target, but these are not public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The much-discussed<\/a> numerus fixus on bachelor’s degrees in psychology remains in place. Numeri fixi will also be introduced for a number of, unspecified, large English-language bachelor’s programmes, and no new funded English-language bachelor’s programmes will be set up for the time being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t

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