Leiden University (Dutch: Universiteit Leiden) is a public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. Founded in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange as a reward to the town of Leiden for its defense against Spanish attacks during the Eighty Years' War, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the Netherlands.
Maastricht University is one of the Netherlands' youngest universities. It was founded in 1976 under the name 'Rijkuniversiteit Limburg', later dubbed to Universiteit Maastricht in 1996. Particularly internationally oriented, it started to use the name 'Maastricht University' as per 2008. In it's short existence, the university built a solid reputation en is now seen as one of the best young universities in the world!
ITV University of Applied Sciences for Interpreting & Translation is a private, accredited university of applied sciences in the Netherlands. The college offers a four-year bachelor's degree for the profession of interpreter or translator in the languages German, English, French, Italian, Russian and Spanish.
The University of Amsterdam is a public university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). Established in 1632 by municipal authorities and later renamed for the city of Amsterdam, the University of Amsterdam is the third-oldest university in the Netherlands.
The Hague University of Applied Sciences (Dutch: De Haagse Hogeschool) is a university of applied sciences with its campuses located in and around The Hague in the Randstad metropolitan region in the west of the Netherlands. The city is the Dutch seat of government and home to many major international legal, security and peace institutions.
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) is an executive service of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy and the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. The RVO's task is to stimulate entrepreneurs in sustainable, agricultural, innovative and international entrepreneurship.