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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Senay Boztas in Amsterdam

‘Dutch by default’: Netherlands seeks curbs on English-language university courses

Students at the University of Amsterdam
Students at the University of Amsterdam. International students make up 15% of those studying for degrees in the Netherlands. Photograph: Ian Dagnall/Alamy

As Britain voted to leave the EU, Dutch universities began offering more courses in English and foreigners streamed in.

But with 122,287 international students in higher education in the Netherlands – 15% of all the country’s students – the government is proposing a cap on the number of students from outside the European Economic Area in some subjects and forcing universities to offer at least two-thirds of the content of standard bachelor’s degrees in Dutch, unless a university justifies an exemption.

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