Possible cancellation of license

The European University The Hague, a privately-owned educational institution, received a serious warning from the Ministry of Education. The university might even lose its license.

As far as it is known this would be the first time ever a private institute loses the license. The Ministry of Education has sent an official letter to the European University demanding clear improvements within three months, in order to keep their license. The institute is now forced to inform a couple of dozen students about all shortcomings and the possible consequences.

According to the spokesman of the State Secretary Bruins, the Inspection of Education is finding inaccuracies for a longer period. The quality is under limits, information given to students is regularly wrong and students with an insufficient educational background are accepted in their course. Besides this it is uncertain if internships, for which are given ECTS study points, are actually taking place. The Ministry of Education has not seen any improvements after the previous warnings.

The European University The Hague, who is asking 18.810 EURO tuition fee, currently offers one appointed education: International management, which is awarded with the Master of Business Administration diploma. The "appointment" means that graduating students from this education receive a diploma which is officially approved by the Ministry of Education. When the European University loses this "appointment" they will lose the license for the whole institute.

This is definitely their final warning. It is now or never for the European University, so spoke State Secretary Bruins.

According to a spokeswoman from the NVAO (Nederlands Vlaams Accreditatie Organisatie) it is very uncommon that an appointed institute is getting such a strong warning. In the total Dutch educational history it has never occurred that an institute lost their license.

The European University could not respond concerning this content this morning.

Source: NRC newspaper 6^th of September 2006