How to study in Holland? First of all, let's talk about the source of Dutch business advantage:
1602, the world's first joint-stock company, the Netherlands East India United Company, was established. 1606, the world's first stock exchange was established in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, a century earlier than the London Stock Exchange; 1609, the world's first modern bank was born in Amsterdam. Amsterdam Bank has the attribute of central bank, embodies national credit, manages the currency and credit system in a unified way, and becomes a currency issuing bank.
Because of the rapid development of the financial market, the Netherlands is called the "first capitalist country" in the world and the "first modern economy" of mankind. This period is called the "golden age" of Holland.
Geographically speaking, the land area of the Netherlands is only half that of Chongqing, and the population is not as large as that of Beijing. It seems that the local labor force is insufficient and the industrial and agricultural land is insufficient, but the Netherlands has always been a rich country with small gap between the rich and the poor, high population quality, active economy, social stability and developed key industries in Europe. In terms of education and labor quality, according to the "Global Non-native English Proficiency Index" published by EF every year, the Netherlands has always been in the first and second place in the world, comparable to Sweden; About 90% of the population in the Netherlands, including teenagers and the elderly, can communicate fluently in English. Many people can also master many other languages and have business conversations on many occasions. For international students, many students will choose Dutch as a second foreign language during their studies, but the English penetration rate in the Netherlands is much better than that in many European countries.
For science and engineering:
The Netherlands attaches great importance to developing high-tech industries, such as aerospace, microelectronics and bioengineering. Traditional industries are mainly shipbuilding and metallurgy. Rotterdam is the largest oil refining center in Europe. Holland is one of the major shipbuilding countries in the world. Agriculture in the Netherlands is also very developed, and it is the second largest exporter of agricultural products in the world (second only to the United States). The Dutch industry is very developed, and Rotterdam is the largest oil refining center in the Netherlands and even in Europe. There are many famous multinational companies in Holland. 20 1 1 * * 12 Dutch enterprises enter the "world top 500".
For example, Royal Dutch Shell Group (which was formed by the merger of Royal Dutch Oil Company and British Shell Transportation Trading Company in 1907, is one of the largest industrial companies in the world, ranking second among the top 500 companies in the world, ranking second in the production and sales capacity of refined oil and petrochemical fuel, and the second largest oil company in the world).
Philips Electronics Co., Ltd. (founded in 189 1 year, ranked 277th among the top 500 enterprises in the world, and one of the top ten electronic and electrical enterprises in the world. Its lighting equipment, color kinescope, electric shaver, X-ray analyzer and audio equipment are in the leading position in the same industry).
Unilever (founded in 1930, ranked among the top 500 enterprises in the world 136, one of the largest producers of daily necessities and food in the world, with two headquarters in Rotterdam and London, with the Netherlands responsible for food production and the United Kingdom responsible for daily chemicals production); Akzo Nobel Company (world famous chemical and pharmaceutical enterprise, 1994 was formed by the merger of Akzo Company of the Netherlands and Nobel Company of Sweden, ranking 479th among the top 500 enterprises in the world).