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A '''listing of universities in the Kingdom of the Netherlands''':

==Research universities==
Research [[university|universities]] in the [[Netherlands]] are institutions of [[tertiary education]] that in Dutch are called ''universiteit''. Their focus is towards academic education and scientific research. They are accredited to confer [[bachelor's degree|bachelor's]], [[master's degree|master's]] and (with the exception of the Netherlands Defence Academy) [[doctoral degree]]s. Prior to the [[Bologna Process]], the universities granted ''drs.'' (''[[doctorandus]]''), ''mr. (for law studies)'' and ''ir.'' (for engineering studies) degrees, which are equivalent to current MA, LLM or MSc degrees. The term ''universiteit'' is reserved to [[research university|doctorate granting institutes]] in the Dutch context, and the additional qualifier "research" is hardly ever used in practice.

There are Semi-Public Universities and Private Universities in Netherlands. The semi-public status of most [[Dutch universities]] arises from the fact that they have both public and private characteristics. In this respect, their public funding is entirely output-based, determined by the number of undergraduate and graduate degrees delivered. Except for this output-based funding, Dutch universities are largely private entities that, since 1998, own and operate their real estate at their own risk;<ref>Algemene Rekenkamer, Vastgoed bij universiteiten: Twintig jaar na overdracht van eigendom (Real estate of universities: Twenty years after the transfer of ownership), 2018. Available from: https://www.rekenkamer.nl/publicaties/rapporten/2018/01/18/vastgoed-bij-universiteiten</ref> moreover, all employees of Dutch universities have labor contracts based on private sector terms (as of 2020).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/werken-in-het-onderwijs/verandering-rechtspositie-medewerkers-in-het-openbaar-onderwijs | title=Verandering rechtspositie medewerkers in het openbaar onderwijs - Werken in het onderwijs - Rijksoverheid.nl | date=21 March 2018 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Name!!Established!!University status!!City!!Organisation!!Type!!Number of staff!!Number of students
|-
| colspan="10"  style="text-align:center; background:#eee;"|'''Members of the [[Vereniging van Universiteiten|Universities of the Netherlands]] association''' 
|-
|colspan="2"|[[University of Amsterdam]]<ref name="Facts and figures">{{cite web|title=Facts and figures|publisher=University of Amsterdam|url=http://www.english.uva.nl/about_the_uva/facts_and_figures/key_figures.cfm|access-date=2011-07-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624213653/http://www.english.uva.nl/about_the_uva/facts_and_figures/key_figures.cfm|archive-date=24 June 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>||1632||1877<ref name="Rüegg">Rüegg, Walter (ed.): ''[[A History of the University in Europe]]. Vol. III: Universities in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (1800–1945)'', Cambridge University Press {{ISBN|978-0-521-36107-1}}, pp.&nbsp;39</ref>||[[Amsterdam]]|| rowspan="3" |Semi-public|| rowspan="3" |Research university||rowspan="3"|4,062||rowspan="3"|32,739
|-
| ||[[Academic Medical Center]]||1983||||[[Amsterdam]]
|-
| ||[[Amsterdam University College]]||2008||||Amsterdam
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam]]||1880||1880<ref name="Rüegg" />||Amsterdam||rowspan="3"|Special: Protestant||rowspan="3"|Research university||rowspan="3"|2,200||rowspan="3"|18,000
|-
| ||[[VU University Medical Center]]||1964||||Amsterdam
|-
| ||[[Amsterdam University College]]||2008||||Amsterdam
|-
|colspan="2"|[[University of Groningen]]||1614||1614||Groningen||rowspan="2"|Semi-public||rowspan="2"|Research university||rowspan="2"|5,000||rowspan="2"|26,500
|-
| ||[[University Medical Center Groningen]]||2005||||[[Groningen (city)|Groningen]]
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Leiden University]]||1575||1575||Leiden|| rowspan="3" |Semi-public|| rowspan="3" |Research university|| rowspan="3" |3,973|| rowspan="3" |19,328
|-
|
|[[Leiden University Medical Center]]||1996||||[[Leiden]]
|-
|||[[Leiden University College The Hague]]||2010||||The Hague
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Maastricht University]]||1976||1975||Maastricht||rowspan="3"|Semi-public||rowspan="3"|Research university||rowspan="3"|3,000||rowspan="3"|11,463
|-
| ||[[Academic Hospital Maastricht]]||1974||||[[Maastricht]]
|-
| ||[[University College Maastricht]]||2002||||Maastricht
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Radboud University Nijmegen]]||1923||1923<ref name="Rüegg" />||[[Nijmegen]]||rowspan="2"|Special: Catholic||rowspan="2"|Research university||rowspan="2"|4,309*||rowspan="2"|17,650*
|-
| ||[[Radboud University Medical Center]]||1956||||Nijmegen
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Erasmus University Rotterdam]]||1913||1937<ref name="Rüegg" />||[[Rotterdam]]|| rowspan="3" |Semi-public|| rowspan="3" |Research university|| rowspan="3" |3,700||26,212<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eur.nl/fileadmin/ASSETS/ieb/jaarverslagen/2015/UK_jaarverslag_2015.pdf |title=Annual Report 2015 |publisher=Erasmus University Rotterdam |access-date=2017-01-04 |archive-date=25 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325173300/https://www.eur.nl/fileadmin/ASSETS/ieb/jaarverslagen/2015/UK_jaarverslag_2015.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| ||[[Erasmus MC]]||1950||||Rotterdam
|3,361
|-
| ||[[Erasmus University College]]||2013||||Rotterdam
|270
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Tilburg University]]||1927||1939||[[Tilburg]]||rowspan="3"|Special: Catholic||rowspan="3"|Research university||rowspan="3"|1,062*||rowspan="3"|11,399*
|-
| ||University College Tilburg||2008||||Tilburg
|-
| ||[[TIAS School for Business and Society]]||1982||||Tilburg
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Utrecht University]]||1636||1636||[[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]]|| rowspan="3" |Semi-public || rowspan="3" |Research university||rowspan="4"|8,224||rowspan="4"|26,787
|-
| ||[[University Medical Center Utrecht]]||1999|||||Utrecht
|-
| ||[[University College Utrecht]]||1998||||Utrecht
|-
| ||[[University College Roosevelt]]||2004||||[[Middelburg, Zeeland|Middelburg]]
|Semi-public
|University College
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Delft University of Technology]]||1842||1905||[[Delft]]||Semi-public ||Technical university||5,400||24,000
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Eindhoven University of Technology]]||1956||1956||[[Eindhoven]]||Semi-public ||Technical university||3,000||12,000
|-
|colspan="2"|[[University of Twente]]||1961||1961||[[Enschede]]||Semi-public||Technical university||3,000||8,500
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Wageningen University and Research Centre]]||2000||rowspan="2"|1918||[[Wageningen]]||rowspan="2"|Semi-public||rowspan="3"|Technical university ||rowspan="3"|6,500<sup>##</sup>||rowspan="3"|12,847
|-
| ||[[Wageningen University]]||1876||Wageningen
|-
| ||Wageningen Research||1877||||throughout the Netherlands||Research Institutes
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Open University in the Netherlands]]||1984||1984||Nationwide; main office in Heerlen||Semi-public ||Open university||673||16,888<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.ou.nl/documents/14956/38699/Jaarverslag_en_jaarrekening_2014.pdf | title=Jaarverslag en jaarrekening 2014 | language= | trans-title=Annual report and annual accounts 2014 | publisher=Open Universiteit | access-date=2015-09-19 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150805152323/https://www.ou.nl/documents/14956/38699/Jaarverslag_en_jaarrekening_2014.pdf | archive-date=5 August 2015 | df=dmy}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="10"  style="text-align:center; background:#eee;"|''Other universities'' 
|-
|colspan="2"|[[University of Curaçao]]||1979||1979||[[Curaçao]]||Public||National university|| ||
|-
| colspan="2" |[[University of Humanistic Studies]]
|1989
|1989
|Utrecht
|Semi-public
|Research university
|150
|550<ref>{{Cite web|title=Introduction - University of Humanistic Studies|url=https://www.uvh.nl/university-of-humanistic-studies/about-our-university/introduction|access-date=2020-08-19|website=www.uvh.nl|archive-date=29 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929072745/https://www.uvh.nl/university-of-humanistic-studies/about-our-university/introduction|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="2" |{{ill|Netherlands Defence Academy|nl|Nederlandse_Defensie_Academie}}
|1823
|2005
|Breda/Den Helder
|Special: National Military Academy
|Military Academy, since 2005 includes Department of Military Sciences
|~75
|~200
|-
| colspan="10"  style="text-align:center; background:#eee;"|'''Privately Funded Universities''' (accredited as Universiteit by Dutch law) (by type)
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Nyenrode Business University]]||1946||1982||[[Breukelen]]||Private||Business school|| ||
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Protestant Theological University]]||1854||1939||Originally [[Kampen (Overijssel)|Kampen]], moved to Amsterdan and Groningen (2010) and then to Utrecht (2024)||Private||University for Protestant Theology|| ||
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Theological University of the Reformed Churches]]||1854||1939||Originally Kampen, moved to Utrecht in 2021||Private||University for Protestant Theology|| ||
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Theological University of Apeldoorn]]||1894||1962||Apeldoorn||Private||University for Protestant Theology|| ||
|-
| colspan="10"  style="text-align:center; background:#eee;"|'''Universities that no longer exist'''
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Catholic University of Utrecht]]||1991–2007||||Utrecht||Private: merged into [[University of Tilburg]]||University for Catholic Theology|| ||
|-
|colspan="2"|[[University of Harderwijk]]||1648–1811||||[[Harderwijk]]||disbanded by [[Napoleon]] || || ||
|-
|colspan="2"|[[University of Franeker]]||1585–1811||||[[Franeker]]||disbanded by [[Napoleon]], since 2017 the [[Academie van Franeker]] was developed to revive the academic traditions of Franeker,<ref>{{Cite web | title=Academie van Franeker | url=https://www.academiefraneker.nl/ | access-date=2025-09-27 | website=www.academiefraneker.nl}}</ref> and [[Euler-Franeker memorial university]]<ref>[https://euler.euclid.int/]</ref> honours its heritage with several programmes accredited by the [[National Accreditation Agency of Curaçao]]|| || ||
|-
|colspan="2"|University of Nijmegen||1655–1680||||[[Nijmegen]]||closed in the aftermath of the 1672 [[rampjaar]]|| || ||
|-
|colspan="2"|University of Theology and Pastorate||1966-1999<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fontys.nl/ctp/publicaties.63366.htm |title=Centrum Theologie en Pastoraat - Publicaties |access-date=2008-01-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112184358/http://www.fontys.nl/ctp/publicaties.63366.htm |archive-date=12 January 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref>||||Heerlen||Private: merged into [[Radboud University Nijmegen]] in 1993, Heerlen location closed 1999||University for Catholic Theology|| ||
|}
<small>† 2003–2004; ‡ 2004–2005; # 2005–2006; * 2006–2007; ##including research staff at the associated institutes. All figures without signs are estimates or from undated sources. According to Dutch law, it is illegal to use protected titles which can only be given by universities that are accredited. Protected titles are ing. bc. mr. ir. drs. and dr.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.ib-groep.nl/Images/5263E_tcm7-13910.pdf | title=Application Dutch title | access-date=2010-10-24 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124103810/http://ib-groep.nl/Images/5263E_tcm7-13910.pdf | archive-date=24 November 2010 | df=dmy}}</ref> English variants (MSc BSc MA BA LLB LLM BEng PhD) are not (yet)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/ministeries/ocw/documenten-en-publicaties/kamerstukken/2010/04/06/uitvoering-motie-bescherming-naam-universitei.html |title=Uitvoering motie bescherming naam universiteit &#124; Kamerstuk |website=Rijksoverheid.nl |access-date=2016-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528115142/http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/ministeries/ocw/documenten-en-publicaties/kamerstukken/2010/04/06/uitvoering-motie-bescherming-naam-universitei.html |archive-date=28 May 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> protected by Dutch law<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.briskmagazine.nl/00/artikel/756/Zet_gerust_MBA_achter_uw_naam.html |title=Briskmagazine.nl: Zet gerust MBA achter uw naam |access-date=2010-06-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617231835/http://www.briskmagazine.nl/00/artikel/756/Zet_gerust_MBA_achter_uw_naam.html |archive-date=17 June 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref> (but using the title "dr." based on a PhD degree, without permission from DUO, is a violation of Dutch law as the title "doctor" is protected). One may bear in the Netherlands foreign titles according to the laws of the country wherein they were granted, but without translating them in Dutch.</small>

==Universities of applied sciences==
[[Vocational university#Netherlands|Universities of applied sciences]] (Dutch: ''hogeschool'') in the Netherlands are focused on professional education rather than scientific research. While the literal translation of hogeschool is "high school", these are second-tier institutes of higher education, and can be compared with colleges or [[Institute of technology|polytechnics]] or similar in other countries.
They are accredited to confer [[bachelor's degree|bachelor's]] and [[master's degree|master's]] degrees. Prior to the [[Bologna Process]], they also conferred [[engineer's degree#engineer's degrees in Europe|professional engineer's (abbreviated ing.)]] degrees. Dutch universities of applied sciences are not accredited to confer doctoral (PhD) degrees; PhD studies can sometimes be conducted in the context of a university of applied sciences, however, the title will be granted by one of the research universities, and a full professor of that university will be appointed as principal supervisor (promotor).
In international contexts, the phrase ''University of Applied Sciences'' is used for the majority of these schools, as suggested by the Dutch Minister of Education.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.minocw.nl/documenten/Brief%20naamgeving%20HBO-raad%20aangepast.pdf |title=Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap &#124; Organisatie &#124; Rijksoverheid.nl |website=Minocw.nl |access-date=2016-08-01 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Some specific exceptions have been made. For example, tertiary [[art school]]s and [[School of Education|schools of education]] use an internationally recognisable name of choice.

The Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences funded by the governement are:
*[[Aeres Hogeschool]], [[Dronten]], [[Almere]] and [[Wageningen]]
*[[Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences]] (Dutch: Hogeschool van Amsterdam), [[Amsterdam]]
* [[Amsterdam University of the Arts]] (Dutch: Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten), [[Amsterdam]]
*[[ArtEZ University of Arts]] (Dutch: ArtEZ hogeschool voor de kunsten), [[Arnhem]], [[Enschede]] and [[Zwolle]]
*[[Avans University of Applied Sciences]] (Dutch: Avans Hogeschool), [['s-Hertogenbosch]], [[Tilburg]], [[Breda (Netherlands)|Breda]], [[Etten-Leur]]
*[[Breda University of Applied Sciences]], [[Breda (Netherlands)|Breda]]
* [[Codarts|Codarts University of the Arts]] (Dutch: Codarts hogeschool voor de kunsten), [[Rotterdam]]
*[[Design Academy Eindhoven]], [[Eindhoven]]
*[[Driestar Christian University]] (Dutch: Driestar hogeschool), [[Gouda, South Holland|Gouda]]
* [[Ede Christian University of Applied Sciences]] (Dutch: Christelijke Hogeschool Ede), [[Ede, Netherlands|Ede]]
* [[Fontys University of Applied Sciences]] (Dutch: Fontys Hogeschool), [[Eindhoven]], [['s-Hertogenbosch]], [[Sittard]], [[Tilburg]] and [[Venlo]]
**[[Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts]] (Dutch: Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten), [[Tilburg]]
* [[Gerrit Rietveld Academie]] (also known as: Rietveld School of Art & Design and Rietveld Academy), [[Amsterdam]]
*[[HAN University of Applied Sciences]], [[Arnhem]] and [[Nijmegen]]
*[[Hanze University of Applied Sciences]] (Dutch: Hanzehogeschool Groningen), [[Groningen (city)|Groningen]]
*[[HAS University of Applied Sciences|HAS Green Academy]], [['s-Hertogenbosch]] and [[Venlo]]
* [[Hogeschool De Kempel]], [[Helmond]]
*[[Hogeschool IPABO]], [[Alkmaar]] and [[Amsterdam]]
*[[Hogeschool KPZ]], [[Zwolle]]
* [[HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht]] (Dutch: Hogeschool Utrecht), [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]]
*[[Hotelschool The Hague]], [[Amsterdam]] and [[The Hague]]
*[[HZ University of Applied Sciences]], [[Vlissingen]] and [[Middelburg, Zeeland|Middelburg]]
*[[Inholland University of Applied Sciences]] (Dutch: Hogeschool Inholland), [[Alkmaar]], [[Amsterdam]], [[Delft]], [[Diemen]], [[Dordrecht]], [[Haarlem]], [[Rotterdam]] and [[The Hague]]
* [[Iselinge Hogeschool]], [[Doetinchem]]
*[[Marnix Academie]], [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]]
* [[NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences]] (Dutch: NHL Stenden Hogeschool), [[Leeuwarden]], [[Emmen, Netherlands|Emmen]], [[Meppel]] and [[Terschelling]]
* [[Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences]] (Dutch: Hogeschool Rotterdam), [[Rotterdam]]
*[[Saxion University of Applied Sciences]] (Dutch: Hogeschool Saxion), [[Enschede]], [[Deventer]] and [[Apeldoorn]]
*[[The Hague University of Applied Sciences]] (Dutch: De Haagse Hogeschool), [[The Hague]]
*[[Thomas More Hogeschool]], [[Rotterdam]]
*[[University of Applied Sciences Leiden]] (Dutch: Hogeschool Leiden), [[Leiden]]
*[[University of the Arts The Hague]] (Dutch: Hogeschool der Kunsten Den Haag), [[The Hague]] 
** [[Royal Academy of Art, The Hague|Royal Academy of Art]] (Dutch: Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten), [[The Hague]]
** [[Royal Conservatory of The Hague|Royal Conservatoire]] (Dutch: Koninklijk Conservatorium), [[The Hague]]
*[[Utrecht School of the Arts]] (Dutch: Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht), [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]]
* [[Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences]] (Dutch: Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein), [[Leeuwarden]] and [[Velp, Gelderland|Velp]]
*[[Viaa Christian University of Applied Sciences]] (Dutch: Hogeschool Viaa), [[Zwolle]]
*[[Windesheim University of Applied Sciences]], [[Zwolle]] and [[Almere]]
*[[Zuyd University of Applied Sciences]] (Dutch: Zuyd Hogeschool), [[Heerlen]], [[Maastricht]] and [[Sittard]] 
**[[Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts]] (Dutch: Toneelacademie Maastricht), [[Maastricht]] 
**[[Maastricht Institute of Arts]], [[Maastricht]]
** [[Maastricht Academy of Music]] (Dutch: Conservatorium Maastricht), [[Maastricht]]
** [[Maastricht School of Translation and Interpreting]] (Dutch: Vertaalacademie Maastricht), [[Maastricht]]

=== Former universities of applied sciences (not exhaustive) ===

* [[Stoas Hogeschool]], [[Dronten]], [['s-Hertogenbosch]], [[Wageningen]] => part of: Aeres Hogeschool
* Christelijke Agrarische Hogeschool Dronten, [[Dronten]] => part of: Aeres Hogeschool
* Christelijke Hogeschool Nederland, [[Leeuwarden]] => part of: NHL Stenden Hogeschool
* Hogeschool De Horst, [[Driebergen]] => part of: Hogeschool Utrecht
* Hogeschool Helicon, [[Zeist]] => part of: Hogeschool Leiden
* Hogeschool Domstad, [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]] => part of: Hogeschool Utrecht
* Hogeschool Edith Stein / Onderwijscentrum Twente, [[Hengelo]] => part of: Saxion Hogeschool
* Hogeschool voor Economische Studies (HES), [[Amsterdam]] => part of: Hogeschool van Amsterdam
* Hogeschool voor Economische Studies (HES), [[Rotterdam]] => part of: Hogeschool Rotterdam

== Private for-profit medical schools ==
Although there are none of these schools in the mainland, many exist in the [[Dutch Caribbean]] either in the special municipalities of the Netherlands or constituents countries of the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]]. Only one ([[Saba University]]) has direct accreditation from [[Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders]], which accredits universities in the Netherlands and Flanders.
*[[Aureus University School of Medicine]]
*[[Xavier University School of Medicine]]
*[[Avalon University School of Medicine]]
*[[St. Martinus University Faculty of Medicine]]
*[[Saba University School of Medicine]]
*[[American University of Integrative Sciences]]
*[[American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine]]

== Private for-profit business schools and other universities of applied sciences ==
A number of private universities of applied sciences (hogescholen) are active in the Netherlands. Some of these are exclusively distance learning (online) medium learning providers.
* [[Euler-Franeker Memorial University]], [[Willemstad]] (Curaçao) and Amsterdam
* EuroPort Business College (defunct)<ref>{{Cite web | title=DPG Media Privacy Gate | url=https://www.ad.nl/rotterdam/europort-business-school-is-accreditatie-definitief-kwijt~a97f3ec0/ | access-date=2025-09-27 | website=www.ad.nl}}</ref>
* HBO Nederland (defunct)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hbonederland.com/nl/welkom/waarom-hogeschool-hbo-nederland | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404215731/http://www.hbonederland.com/nl/welkom/waarom-hogeschool-hbo-nederland | archive-date=4 April 2018 | title=Waarom Hogeschool HBO Nederland - Hogeschool HBO Nederland }}</ref>
* Hogeschool Tio
* Inter College Business School, [[Amsterdam]] 
* [[Islamic University of Rotterdam]], [[Rotterdam]]
* Leidse Onderwijs Instellingen (LOI)
* Markus Verbeek Praehep
* NCOI 
* Nederlandse Talen Instituut (NTI)
* Schoevers
* [[Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences]], [[Apeldoorn]]

== Webster University: the American university in the Netherlands ==
Webster University Leiden is a university outside the Dutch system, offering Bachelor and Master programs in the Netherlands. [[Webster University]] is a private, non-profit American university, accredited in the United States by the Higher Learning Commission's North Central Association.  The International Business and Management program, as well as the Applied Behavioral and Social Sciences program are accredited in the Netherlands by the [[NVAO]] at the hbo (professional master) level.

==International rankings==

In relation to their population size, [[List of universities in Switzerland|Switzerland]] (first), [[List of universities in Sweden|Sweden]] (second) and the Netherlands (third) are the three countries with the highest number of universities among the 100 best of the [[Academic Ranking of World Universities]] (2014-2015).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21646987-competition-among-universities-has-become-intense-and-international-top-class |title=Top of the class |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |date=2015-03-28 |access-date=2016-08-01}}</ref>

Below are shown the international rankings of the government funded research universities of the Netherlands, and the number of times they rank in the top 200 of one of the six prominent global rankings:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! University
! data-sort-type="number" | ''[[QS World University Rankings|QS World]]''<br />(2026)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings|title=QS World University Rankings 2026|access-date=16 July 2025|publisher=[[Quacquarelli Symonds|Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd.]]}}</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|THE World]]''<br />(2026)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/latest/world-ranking|title=World University Rankings 2026|work=[[Times Higher Education|Times Higher Education (THE)]]|access-date=9 October 2025|language=en}}</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities|ARWU World]]''<br />(2025)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2025|title=2025 Academic Ranking of World Universities|access-date=24 August 2025|publisher=Shanghai Ranking Consultancy}}</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | ''[[U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking|USNWR World]]''<br />(2025–26)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings|title=2025-2026 Best Global Universities Rankings|work=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|access-date=21 June 2025|language=en}}</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | ''[[CWTS Leiden Ranking|CWTS Leiden]]''<br />(2025)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2025/list|title=CWTS Leiden Ranking Traditional Edition 2025 - PP top 10%|access-date=5 November 2025|work=Centrum voor Wetenschap en Technologische Studies (CWTS), [[Leiden University]]}}</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | ''[[Center for World University Rankings|CWUR World]]''<br />(2025)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cwur.org/2025.php|title=Global 2000 List by the Center for World University Rankings; 2025 Edition|access-date=7 June 2025|work=[[Center for World University Rankings|Center for World University Rankings (CWUR)]]}}</ref>
! #<sup>a</sup>
|-
|align="left"|[[University of Amsterdam]]
|53
|62=
|101-150
|33
|52
|83
|style="background-color:white" |{{align|right|6<sup>b</sup>}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Utrecht University]]
|103=
|''66''<sup> c</sup>
|56
|49
|66
|78
|style="background-color:white"|{{align|right|6<sup>b</sup>}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Leiden University]]
|119=
|70=
|101-150
|56
|64
|88
|style="background-color:white"|{{align|right|6<sup>b</sup>}}
|-
|align="left"|[[University of Groningen]]
|147=
|82
|73
|75
|126
|104
|style="background-color:white"|{{align|right|6<sup>b</sup>}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Erasmus University Rotterdam]]
|140=
|107
|101-150
|76
|108
|111
|style="background-color:white"|{{align|right|6<sup>b</sup>}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Wageningen University and Research]]
|153=
|66
|151-200
|115=
|81
|193
|style="background-color:white"|{{align|right|6}}
|-
|align="left"|[[VU University Amsterdam]]
|194=
|176=
|151-200
|79=
|58
|159
|style="background-color:white"|{{align|right|6}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Delft University of Technology]]
|47=
|57
|151-200
|191
|141
|269
|style="background-color:#F3F3F3"|{{align|right|5}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Radboud University]]
|279
|154=
|101-150
|122
|97
|172
|style="background-color:#F3F3F3"|{{align|right|5}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Maastricht University]]
|239
|131=
|301-400
|176=
|198
|264
|style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|{{align|right|3}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Eindhoven University of Technology]]
|140=
|192=
|301-400
|409=
|244
|366
|style="background-color:#D5D5D5"|{{align|right|2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[University of Twente]]
|203=
|190=
|501-600
|427=
|281
|463
|style="background-color:#C0C0C0"|{{align|right|1}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Tilburg University]]
|347=
|301-350
|701-800
|653=
|278
|733
|style="background-color:#A9A9A9"|{{align|right|0}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Open University of the Netherlands|Open University Netherlands]]
|N.A.
|N.A.
|N.A.
|1659=
|N.A.
|N.A.
|style="background-color:#A9A9A9"|{{align|right|0}}
|-
|align="left"|[[University of Curaçao]]
|N.A.
|N.A.
|N.A.
|N.A.
|N.A.
|N.A.
|style="background-color:#A9A9A9"|{{align|right|0}}
|-
|align="left"|[[University of Humanistic Studies]]
|N.A.
|N.A.
|N.A.
|N.A.
|N.A.
|N.A.
|style="background-color:#A9A9A9"|{{align|right|0}}
|}

<small>'''Notes:'''<br />
N.A.: Not Applicable<br />
<sup>a</sup> Number of times the university is ranked within the top 200 of one of the six global rankings. <br />
<sup>b</sup> The university is ranked within the top 150 of all six global rankings. <br />
<sup>c</sup> THE World University Rankings 2023 (rankings thereafter are not available). </small>

==See also==
*[[List of colleges and universities by country]]
*[[List of colleges and universities]]
*[[Academic Degree]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.nvao.net Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090603034045/http://www.ib-groep.nl/zakelijk/HO/CROHO/Raadplegen_of_downloaden_CROHO.asp CROHO (the official register of all recognized Dutch higher education studies)]
* [https://www.universiteitenvannederland.nl/en Universiteiten van Nederland]
* [https://universities.nl/ Universities NL Network]

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