News: Dutch universities scout for Indian students
(TH 07/04/2006) Chennai - For Indian students looking for a hassle-free education abroad, Holland could, perhaps, be the best bet.
Admission to Dutch universities is much easier than to institutions in the United States, the United Kingdom or Australia. The institutions themselves process the visa requirements of students.
Representatives of six Dutch universities — all of them members of the Holland Education Consortium — were here on Thursday to give Chennai students a glimpse of high quality European education, courtesy the Dutch Education Fair got up by New Directions Overseas Education Consultant.
Courses on offer
Three research universities, Leiden University, Tilburg University, Wageningen University, and two applied sciences universities, CHN University and Hanze University, took part in the fair.
The courses on offer were mostly management programmes such as those in hospitality, tourism, international business and international retail, besides arts and sciences programmes such as archaeology, biology, cultural studies and history, business administration, philosophy, economics, agricultural and bio resource engineering, bio-informatics, biotechnology, geo-informatics, food technology and urban environmental management.
"Dutch universities offer high quality education at a much more affordable cost than the U.S., U.K. and Australian universities. Also, unlike most other European countries, students will not face a language barrier as knowing Dutch is not mandatory, and Holland was the first non-English speaking European country to offer courses in English. The Dutch higher education institutions offer more than 1,000 international study programmes and courses that are taught entirely in English," said J. Augustine of New Directions. "The number of Indian students arriving at our university is steadily increasing and right now, we admit 20-25 Indian students every year. Along with Chinese, Brazilian and Iranian students, Indian students are the most preferred. We look for quality, not quantity, and accept only those students who have an Indian bachelor's degree and not less than 70 per cent grade points," said Rien Bor, International Relations, Wageningen University and Research Center.
Dutch universities do not offer scholarships, except in exceptional cases, as higher education is subsidised by the Government.
A masters' programme in management can cost anything from 7,500 euros to 35,000 euros annually depending on the university.
Also, students enrolled in the Dutch universities can avail themselves of the benefits of the `Schengen' visa, which facilitates easy movement between 13 countries for study and travel.
Admission to Dutch universities is much easier than to institutions in the United States, the United Kingdom or Australia. The institutions themselves process the visa requirements of students.
Representatives of six Dutch universities — all of them members of the Holland Education Consortium — were here on Thursday to give Chennai students a glimpse of high quality European education, courtesy the Dutch Education Fair got up by New Directions Overseas Education Consultant.
Courses on offer
Three research universities, Leiden University, Tilburg University, Wageningen University, and two applied sciences universities, CHN University and Hanze University, took part in the fair.
The courses on offer were mostly management programmes such as those in hospitality, tourism, international business and international retail, besides arts and sciences programmes such as archaeology, biology, cultural studies and history, business administration, philosophy, economics, agricultural and bio resource engineering, bio-informatics, biotechnology, geo-informatics, food technology and urban environmental management.
"Dutch universities offer high quality education at a much more affordable cost than the U.S., U.K. and Australian universities. Also, unlike most other European countries, students will not face a language barrier as knowing Dutch is not mandatory, and Holland was the first non-English speaking European country to offer courses in English. The Dutch higher education institutions offer more than 1,000 international study programmes and courses that are taught entirely in English," said J. Augustine of New Directions. "The number of Indian students arriving at our university is steadily increasing and right now, we admit 20-25 Indian students every year. Along with Chinese, Brazilian and Iranian students, Indian students are the most preferred. We look for quality, not quantity, and accept only those students who have an Indian bachelor's degree and not less than 70 per cent grade points," said Rien Bor, International Relations, Wageningen University and Research Center.
Dutch universities do not offer scholarships, except in exceptional cases, as higher education is subsidised by the Government.
A masters' programme in management can cost anything from 7,500 euros to 35,000 euros annually depending on the university.
Also, students enrolled in the Dutch universities can avail themselves of the benefits of the `Schengen' visa, which facilitates easy movement between 13 countries for study and travel.
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