Highlights

Number of international students growing fast

The number of students studying abroad has risen enormously. The figure is now approaching three million. That is an increase of 50 per cent since 2000 and it is twice as many as in 1995.

Study in Holland: Open to international minds met extra lange titel uitrpoberen

Entérate de las posibilidades para estudiar en Holanda el 11 de septiembre en la oficina de Neso México

Study in Holland Desk opens in India

Recently a so-called Nuffic Neso Desk - which basically has the same purpose as a Nuffic Neso - opened in Ahmedabad, India.

Education Fair Ahmedabad

Students are confused when looking at opportunities available for higher education. The Times Education Boutique helps overcome this mystery.

CSTEP and TU-Delft sign MoU

On 25 June, in Bangalore India, the Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP), a Bangalore-based think-tank, and the Next Generation Infrastuctures Foundation, Delft University of Technology (TU-Delft), signed a Memorandum of...

The Hybrid Auto Rickshaw Battle

For the first time in India, Enviu, a leading Dutch sustainability company organized the Hybrid Auto Rickshaw Battle, in combination with its Indian counterpart: the event took place from 22 to 25 July at SRM University in Chennai.

Promotional Film of Holland

Nuffic has developed a Study in Holland promotional film in collaboration with the Association of Universities in The Netherlands (VSNU), The Netherlands Association of Universities of Applied Sciences (HBO-raad) and the Netherlands Foreign Trade...

See what studying in Holland is like

What makes Holland an attractive country to study? What can you expect of the higher education system and how diverse is the range of international study programmes offered? What is day-to-day life like in Holland and how international is Dutch...

The Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window Lot 13

University van Amsterdam has initiated the EMECW13 in specific programmes of the UvA for Indian students.

Queens Day 2010 celebration in Ahmedabad

The Netherlands Business Support Offices celebrates Queens Day in Ahmedabad & Chennai every year. This year being the 600th year celebration of Ahmedabad city, Nbso Ahmedabad decided to celebrate Qeens day in a unique fashion.

Queen’s Day reception in Chennai

Queen’s Day in Chennai was an evening of festivities, with vibrant hues of orange, an upbeat mood and a passion for the country, shown by all present. Among the guests were consuls general of several countries, diplomats, chief executives of...

Pre-departure Briefings 2010

It's time again for the Nuffic Neso desk pre-departure briefings. This year the sessions will be held in 6 cities. The informative meeting will help Indian students prepare themselves for the Netherlands. Tips on finding your way around the new...

Huygens Scholarship Programme

The prestigious HSP Huygens Programme is open to excellent students from all countries of the world. The application for the 2011-2012, will start on 1 November 2010

Study in Holland quiz

Neso desk India in collaboration with Shiksha, a leading educational portal of India had conducted a Holland Quiz for students aspiring to go abroad for higher education, in March 2010. Students from all over India took this interesting quiz and...

QS World Grad school tour 2010

The QS World Grad School Tour is a prestigious Masters & PhD fair, bringing together talented prospective students with the world's best universities.

Pre-Departure Briefing 2010

This year the Pre-departure meeting was held in 5 cities. The event in all the 5 cities was a huge success, as the response was tremendous and students found the sessions all very informative and interactive.

Letz FIFA with Holland

The Holland Alumni Network cosponsored the event along with the Netherlands Business Support Office, Norit (a leading Dutch water treatment multinational) and the Indo Dutch Business Circle. The event was a reunion for the Alumni carrying them...

Apple-iPod for creative minds !

Winning entries of Best essay and poem

The Netherlands ranks 9th in Legatum Prosperity Index

The Legatum Prosperity Index is the world's global assessment of wealth and wellbeing. The index produces rankings based upon the very foundations of prosperity; those factors that will help drive economic growth and produce happy citizens over...

Nuffic publishes market information factsheets

Are you looking for information on how to reach prospective students online in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Mexico, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand or Vietnam?

Dutch professor: ‘Discovery of arsenic bacterium is nonsense’

There is no evidence that the bacterium recently discovered by NASA truly incorporates arsenic instead of phosphorus in its DNA. The study published in the scientific...

Two Dutch universities announce strategic alliance

Eindhoven University of Technology and the University of Utrecht with its University Medical Centre (UMC) have agreed to extensive cooperation.

Dutch Inventor of Bluetooth in India

Jaap Haartsen has been active in the area of Wireless Communications for the past 24 years. He studied at Delft University of Technology obtaining his Master and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering (both with honors) in 1986 and 1990,...

Honorary doctorate for 'Hole in the wall' to Indian Professor by TU Delft

Delft University of Technology has awarded Professor Suguta Mitra from India an honorary doctorate. He received the award for his work showing that children can learn by themselves and from each other without formal education if their curiosity...

Dutch universities set to benefit from UK budget cuts

Following the announcement of a drastic rise of UK tuition fees to up to £9,000, many sixth-formers are now looking for alternatives in the Netherlands.

Dutch students create world's largest multi-touch screen

Scientists at the University of Groningen turned their existing 3D theatre with a big cylindrical screen into one that can detect more than 100 simultaneous touches.

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Glacier mummy gets a new face by Dutch Artists!!

As part of a new exhibit at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, two Dutch experts – Alfons and Adrie Kennis – have made a new model of the living Oetzi, this time with brown eyes.

Orange Carpet Award 2011

This year’s Orange Carpet Award goes to Artez Institute of the Arts. Nuffic hands out the award each year to the higher education institution that makes a special effort for the wellbeing of international students.

Holland Alumni conference 2011 applications are open!

International alumni from 37 countries are invited to apply for the Holland Alumni conference 2011 in The Hague on 26 and 27 May 2011.

The Dutch Design Superbus

The Netherlands has developed an electric "Superbus," an eco-friendly form of public transit that can carry 23 passengers and reach a top speed of 250 km per hour.

The Netherlands among the top 15 travel destinations

The Netherlands ranked among the fifteen best travel destinations in the world.

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IBR project India

The University of Groningen, the Netherlands, will be in India for 5 weeks to conduct field research for 11 Dutch companies, with 25 students.

Pre Departure Briefing 2011

It's time again for the Nuffic Neso desk pre-departure briefings. This year the sessions will be held in 6 cities based on the number of registrations per city, the final locations will be modified. The informative meeting will help Indian...

Dutch ranked among top 10 funniest nationalities

The Dutch ranked among the top ten funniest nations in the world according to a recent survey.

PDB 2011 Presentation for students

For all those students who couldn't make it to the Pre-Departure Briefing's you can download the presentation here!

Netherlands in top 10 of Global Innovation Index

The Netherlands is in the top ten of the Global Innovation Innovation Index released by INSEAD, the leading international business school, and its knowledge partners.

Holland Quiz

Thank you to all who took the the quiz, there are 11 lucky winners who will be contacted soon through mail. Keep yourself connected with us, and look out for more such quizzes.

Percentage of International Students in the Netherlands continues to rise

The percentage of international students in the Netherlands continues to rise. In the past academic year, one in ten students at research universities came from abroad. Five years ago this was only 7%, or one in fourteen.

Indian Student's contribution to Intelligent street lighting

The Tvilight Team are working on the development and testing of intelligent street lighting system, to improve energy efficiency on the TU Delft University campus. Chintan Shah gives us a brief of this project.

Day of the International Student (DIS) 2011

The Day of International Students brings together all International Students in Holland. It is a National Event through which students from different Nationalities get to interact with each other.

University Rankings 2011

Rankings play an important role in the choice of a foreign university for almost all Indian students and their parents. This is especially true for students going for a bachelor’s or master’s degree. The 3 Rankings most students looks at are...

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