Universities expect more students, call for better funding
DutchNews.nl 15 May 2021
The Dutch university association,
Vereniging van Universiteiten (VSNU), expects a 5% rise in students signing up for a bachelor degree in the Netherlands in the coming academic year, reports
DutchNews.nl.
Last year student numbers rose nearly 13% and this year’s rise will further increase the financial pressure on universities, VSNU Chairman Pieter Duisenberg said on 7 May. The next government “will have to ensure a structural increase in our basic financing”. The number of students attending one of the Netherlands’ 13 universities has doubled to 327,000 in 20 years, but government funding per student has gone down 25%.