1. 1 VSNU Association of Universities in the Netherlands Dutch Universities: innovative education and Internationalization Prof. Dr. M. Paul, Prseident, Maastricht University

2. 2 The VSNU represents the shared interests of the fourteen research universities in terms of their relation to Dutch and European politicians, government and civil society organisations

3. 3 Dutch Higher Education system Binary system University of Applied Sciences (HBO): BA 4 year Research University: BA 3 year + 1 or 2 year MA 14 Research Universities and over 50 Universities of Applied Sciences 2002/2003: Introduction BA/MA system Netherlands Flemish Accreditation body Dutch Research Universities

4. 4 14 Universities Nine broad universities: 1 Erasmus University Rotterdam 2 Leiden University 3 Maastricht University 4 Radboud University Nijmegen 5 Tilburg University 6 University of Amsterdam 7 University of Groningen 8 Utrecht University 9 VU University Amsterdam Dutch Research Universities 14 Distance learning/life-long learning: 14 Open Universiteit Nederland Life sciences and natural resources: 13 Wageningen University and Research Centre Universities of technology: 10 Delft University of Technology 11 Eindhoven University of Technology 12 University of Twente 12 11 10 13 7 9 2 6 8 5 3 4 1

5. World wide reputation “The incredible strength of the entire Dutch higher education system is revealed in the traditional World University Rankings – with an extraordinary 12 of its research universities making the world top 200.” Phil Batey, chief editor Times Higher Education Magazine 5

6. Times Higher Eeducation 2012

7. 7 Facts and Figures Total students: 243,686 Bachelor: 159,842 Master: 84,927 Doctoral (old system): 3,935 Enrolment: 43,515 Bachelor programmes: 419 Master programmes: 846 Number of PhD thesis: 3,700 Fte Academic staff: 22,929

8. 8 What makes us unique?  14 High-quality research universities in a small country  Integrated teaching and research  Internationally well connected: cooperation with leading universities worldwide  Inter-university cooperation in research and graduate education  Cooperation with private sector, e.g. in technological top institutes  Part of the European higher education and research areas and very successful in European grant schemes  University – society relations key issue  University Medical Centres are affiliated with the Dutch Research Universities  Extensive use of English (over 50% of MA programmes, majority of courses in Graduate Schools, Research groups, Dutch population in general)

9. 9 Autonomy and Funding Funding:  Fixed (indexed) national budget (€ 3.7 billion)  Distributed over 14 universities  Education € 2.3 billion, based on: 1.fixed sum per university 2.# student numbers 3.# graduations  Research € 1.4 billion  Additional research funding (NWO): approx. € 1 billion Autonomy:  Universities have spending autonomy (lump-sum financing)  Collective labour agreement.

10. 10 Education

11. 11 International classroom  Focus on talents; international employability; European and global citizenship  Internationalized curricula Joint and double degree  Exchange and degree seeking students: incoming and outgoing  Active outreach through NESO and NUFFIC  International Dutch alumni network Education

12. 12 Innovative Approach  Teaching philosophy – problem based; research based including academic skills and a professional attitude  Student centered – activating collaborative learning  Focus on excellence and talent development  Matching teacher qualifications  IT included in education; top notch facilities Education

13. 13 International

14. 14 International outlook Education High amount of English taught programmes

15. 15 International outlook Education Top 10 amount of foreign students Foreign students in Dutch higher education Foreign student per cycle

16. 16 International outlook Russia Education Students from Neso target countries Per sector

17. 17 International outlook Russia Education Students from Neso target countries per sector

18. 18 Excellence in Figures International rankings: 6 th Global Innovation Index 2012 5 th Global Competitiveness index 2012-2013 4 th worldwide citation impact scores 2 nd worldwide publication productivity 2 nd worldwide international co-publications 8 th worldwide number of European patent applications granted 5 th European Research Council: Starting grants 6 th European Research Council: Advanced grants 6 th in FrameworkProgramme 7 International

19. 19 Dutch Universities & Russia International Joint programme financed over 350 collaborative projects between 1992-2007 Possibilities for new MoU Netherlands Institute in St. Petersburg Three leading scientists Nuffic-Neso office in Moscow VSNU visit to Russia in 2012 Bilateral Netherlands-Russia year 2013

20. Thank you very much! 20