Studentenstop threatens for a further eight technical studies – NU.nl

The measure is necessary because the technical universities, the growing influx of students no longer cope, says Victor van der Chijs, chairman of the board of the University of Twente, Wednesday in het Financieele Dagblad.

The problem is, according to him, the government has the funding tap has closed, while the number of technical students in ten years time by 50 percent. “This is just not sustainable. We reject every year more and more students,” says Van der Chijs.

According to the Dutch chairman of the board, would the many millions of costs for laboratories to set up and highly dedicated teachers to recruit. He speaks of 450 million euros per year in 2020 back to the level of 2010, namely, fifteen students per teacher.

Numerus clausus

Under the programmes to which a numerus clausus is set or considered, the studies in Aerospace Engineering, Clinical Technology, Industrial Design, and Nanobiology at the Delft university of technology.

Also for the studies Technical Medicine, Nutrition and Health, Biotechnology and Molecular life Sciences at other universities threatens a studentenstop.

2017

Van der Chijs says that the numerus clausus is already in the year 2017-2018 effect, but the Eindhoven University of technology will take until a year later measures.

Earlier is not required, and the preparations require time, according to a woorvoerder, which says that the modifications, for each university will vary. But that growth must be stopped, that’s for sure.

ISO

The Interurban Student Consultation (ISO) has not a good word to say about the intention of a numerus clausus set.

“Institutions had already been long and wide with this increasing number of students to be able to see. There is nota bene, with marketing-driven. Now the number of students soaring disclaim ministry and technical institutions to each other and are students in the brunt,” says ISO chairman Jan Sinnige. According to him, is a studentenstop “a cloth for the bleeding and not a structural solution”.

Bussemaker

Minister Jet Bussemaker (Education) was on NPO Radio 1 know that the universities in the recent years have money have been given to the training to improve.

Nevertheless, she is prepared with the universities to talk to see what the problem is with the resources that they get. According to the minister, is the biggest problem that a lot of students to be trained, but that, according to her, 40 percent of the technical graduates end up not in the technique is going to work.

By: ANP/NU.en