Stakeholders in the Netherlands are awaiting elaboration from the government on legislation plans to limit the number of international students Dutch universities can take on.

The Dutch education minister has written to the boards of all public research and applied sciences universities in the Netherlands, urgently requesting them to stop actively recruiting international students.

The number of international students at universities in the Netherlands increased by approximately 6,000 this year – the slowest growth for five years.

For many who hope to study as undergraduates or postgraduates overseas, the path to a hoped for university has a stopover along the way

Institutions in the Netherlands collaborating with private preparatory course providers have defended their operations following the release of a report investigating the "backdoor" admittance for international students.

The Netherlands has announced that it will design a set of measures to help safeguard knowledge security at Dutch universities and research institutions.

As of January 1, 2020 University of Twente has become the first university in The Netherlands to make English its official working language after a year of transition.

Numbers of international students choosing to stay after graduation in the Netherlands is rising, according to Nuffic, the country's internationalisation body.