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Education in the Netherlands

Subsidized education in the Netherlands consists of the following official categories:

po: elementary education
vo: secondary education (vmbo, havo, vwo)
bve: medium level vocational education (mbo) and education for adults
hbo: higher vocational education
wo: university
- Delft University of Technology (TU Delft, Delft)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam[?] (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Rotterdam)
- Leiden University[?] (Universiteit Leiden, Leiden)
- Open University of the Netherlands[?] (Open Universiteit Nederland, Heerlen)
- Eindhoven University of Technology (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Eindhoven)
- Tilburg University[?] (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant, Tilburg)
- Universiteit Maastricht[?] (Universiteit Maastricht) (Maastricht)
- Universiteit van Amsterdam[?] (Universiteit van Amsterdam) (Amsterdam)
- University of Groningen (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen)
- University of Nijmegen (Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, Nijmegen)
- University of Twente[?] (Universiteit Twente, Enschede)
- Utrecht University (Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam[?] (Amsterdam)
- Wageningen University[?] (Wageningen Universiteit, Wageningen)

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