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Leiden University leads the 6 Professional universities in the Netherlands at #119 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. It is followed by Hanze University Groningen (#22 in Netherlands) and Nyenrode Business University (#25 in Netherlands). Across the whole list there are 11 courses to choose from.
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Only one university here holds a QS World position — Leiden University at #119 — so it heads the list. The rest are ordered by research impact. Leiden University has the largest research record in this group, with 12,222,894 citations and an h-index of 877. 3 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 6 public to 0 private institutions. By location, South Holland (1) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is Leiden University, founded in 1575. Leiden University is the largest, with 34,000 students.
The most common subjects are Business & Management (7), Medicine & Health Sciences (2), Professional Accounting & Finance (1) and Education (1). The usual length is 3–4 years and 5 semesters of Basic Medical Sciences + 6 semesters of Clinical Rotations. 55% are full-time. Start dates lean to Fall (90% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (50% of courses with a stated intake). Nyenrode Business University offers the widest choice, with 5 of these courses.
Leiden University (QS World #119), Hanze University Groningen (#22 in Netherlands) and Nyenrode Business University (#25 in Netherlands) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
6 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 3–4 years, with 5 semesters of Basic Medical Sciences + 6 semesters of Clinical Rotations the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 90% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
Nyenrode Business University, with 5, ahead of Rotterdam School of Management (2).
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