Higher Education in the Netherlands is mainly divided into three tiers:
- Academic Universities
- Universities of Professional Education (aka Universities of Applied Sciences)
- All other universities and colleges
In this post I am focusing on the first of these three tiers.
Below I am listing the main websites of the Academic Universities of the Netherlands, grouped by province (where possible I linked to the English version). Feel free to check out their study programs for international/foreign students.

Groningen
North-Holland
- University of Amsterdam
- VU University (Amsterdam)
South-Holland
North-Brabant
- University of Technology (Eindhoven)
- University Tilburg
Utrecht
Gelderland
- Radboud University (Nijmegen)
- Wageningen University
Overijssel
- University of Twente (Enschede)
Limburg
- Maastricht University
- Open University (Heerlen) – long distance learning, study centers all over the Netherlands
Of course there are more universities in the Netherlands but these are the primary ones of the Academic tier. If you feel I missed one, please feel free to add it in the comments.