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===Netherlands===
{{Main|Education in the Netherlands}}
In the Netherlands there are 3 main educational routes after high school.
* MBO (middle-level applied education), which is the equivalent of [[junior college]]. Designed to prepare students for either skilled trades and technical occupations and workers in support roles in professions such as engineering, accountancy, business administration, nursing, medicine, architecture, and criminology or for additional education at another college with more advanced academic material.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.government.nl/topics/secondary-vocational-education-mbo-and-higher-education/secondary-vocational-education-mbo|title=Secondary vocational education (MBO) – Secondary vocational education (MBO) and higher education – Government.nl|first=Cultuur en Wetenschap|last=Ministerie van Onderwijs|date=16 December 2011|website=www.government.nl|access-date=29 June 2020|archive-date=29 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629191331/https://www.government.nl/topics/secondary-vocational-education-mbo-and-higher-education/secondary-vocational-education-mbo|url-status=live}}</ref>
* HBO (higher professional education), which is the equivalent of college and has a professional orientation. After HBO (typically 4–6 years), pupils can enroll in a (professional) master's program (1–2 years) or enter the job market. The HBO is taught in vocational universities (hogescholen), of which there are over 40 in the Netherlands, each of which offers a broad variety of programs, with the exception of some that specialize in arts or agriculture. Note that the hogescholen are not allowed to name themselves university in Dutch. This also stretches to English and therefore HBO institutions are known as [[University of applied sciences |universities of applied sciences]].<ref name="government.nl">{{Cite web|url=https://www.government.nl/topics/secondary-vocational-education-mbo-and-tertiary-higher-education/tertiary-higher-education|title=Tertiary (higher) education |website= Secondary vocational education (MBO) and tertiary (higher) education |publisher = Government.nl|date=16 December 2011|access-date=|archive-date=7 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807211238/https://www.government.nl/topics/secondary-vocational-education-mbo-and-tertiary-higher-education/tertiary-higher-education|url-status=live}}</ref>
* WO (Scientific education), which is the equivalent to university level education and has an academic orientation.<ref name="government.nl"/>

HBO graduates can be awarded two titles, which are Baccalaureus (bc.) and Ingenieur (ing.). At a WO institution, many more bachelor's and master's titles can be awarded. Bachelor's degrees: Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BSc) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB). Master's degrees: Master of Arts (MA), Master of Laws (LLM) and Master of Science (MSc). The PhD title is a research degree awarded upon completion and defense of a doctoral thesis.<ref name="tudelft.nl"/>