Health-Holland

Human capital The Netherlands is a highly-appealing country for multinationals thanks, in part, to its highly qualified workforce and the country’s strong educational system. World-class education system The Netherlands has an outstanding higher education system, aimed at producing a pool of highly knowledgeable and skilled graduates. The country has 14 universities, 13 of which are globally ranked (QS World University Rankings, 2018), and 37 universities of applied sciences as well as many other training facilities. In 2018, the Netherlands ranked 7 th in the QS Higher Education System Strength, and 6 th in the Universitas21 Higher Education Systems main rankings. Dutch universities also receive high citation impact scores, with the Netherlands ranking among the top three worldwide. The same is true for international co-publications. All publications International co-publications Citation Impact Score 2012-2015 Source: OCW, 2018 Denmark Netherlands United Kingdom Ireland Belgium Sweden Norway United States Australia Finland Austria Canada Germany France China Korea Japan 2 1.75 1.5 1.25 1 0.75 0.5 0.25 0 Switzerland 73