Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

September 10, 1862, is a significant day for Dutch education.

Lini, President of Leiden University in the Netherlands, ranked 7th in the world university rankings, Barlow, President of the University of Amsterdam, ranked 9th, Choate, President of the University of Groningen, ranked 21st, and Utrecht University President Wahlberg ranked 25th. West.

These four top universities in the Netherlands, together with the heads of six other famous universities in the Netherlands, officially announced in Amsterdam that the 10 top universities in the Netherlands will establish branch campuses in the Far East of the Netherlands to cultivate top university talents for the Netherlands.

Leiden University President Lini announced that the school will establish a Far East branch in Jakarta, Java, with an enrollment of more than 1,000 students every year. As long as they are Dutch nationals, they will be admitted regardless of skin color after passing the post-secondary examination. You can enroll in school.

President Barlow of the University of Amsterdam announced that a branch will be established in Melbourne, the deputy capital of the Netherlands, in the Australian province of Wilhelm.

Choate, President of the University of Groningen, announced that the school will establish a branch in Sydney.

The branch campus announced by Utrecht University President Vasi was surprising. He actually chose the western part of New Guinea to establish a branch campus in Modan City on the Birds of Paradise Peninsula in Irian Jaya Province.

On the same day, other Dutch universities including Hann University, Netherlands Agricultural University, The Hague University, Wageningen University, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Delft University of Technology, and Eindhoven University of Technology also participated in the Far East education plan.

Hann University in the Netherlands announced the establishment of a branch campus in Surabaya, the second largest city in Java Province.

The Netherlands Agricultural University announced the establishment of a branch campus in Brucebane, the capital of Queensland Province in eastern Australia, focusing on agricultural development.

The University of The Hague is choosing to build a branch in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has established a branch campus in Makassar, the capital of Sulawesi province.

Wageningen University established a branch campus in Palembang, the capital of Sumatra.

The Delft University of Technology branch is established in Perth, the capital of Western Australia.

Eindhoven University of Technology was established in Darwin, the capital of the Northern Province.

The Dutch Minister of Education, Ruud Bales, declared that the Dutch government will strongly support the establishment of branch campuses by these universities. To this end, the government will uniformly plan the land use rights of the campuses, and these campuses will receive preferential policies on land use rights. , they will also receive subsidies from the Dutch government for campus construction, and the Dutch government will also cooperate with the school to provide employment guarantees for talents.

He said that the Netherlands attaches great importance to the development of the Far East, so this is the reason why major universities collectively set up branch campuses in the Far East to cultivate top talents.

"This is the result of the Dutch government's recent demonstration that it requires all its efforts to develop in the Far East." As the president of the Netherlands' highest-ranked institution in the world, Leiden University President Linidan said when interviewed by reporters.

"Hello, I am Kurt, a reporter from the European Times. I would like to ask President Lini, since the Netherlands has begun to implement the construction of campuses of this size by top universities in the Far East, why have we not received any announcement from the Dutch government before? Are you notified of the news just recently? If so, our view now is that these measures taken by the Dutch government are a little hasty?"

Lini enjoyed being questioned by reporters because at this time, he felt that he was the focus of everyone. In addition, he was leading Leiden University to sprint higher in the world university rankings, so he was even more prepared. Take advantage of this reporter's questioning opportunity to advertise Leiden University.

Enrollment will then be easier.

"Have you forgotten that when we announced the news just now, we actually had strict planning. The presidents of our 10 Dutch universities actually have a meeting every month. This is a tea party sponsored by the government. All universities are required to follow the latest government policies and implement education policy strategies. Therefore, the rush you just mentioned is impossible because this is something that has been planned within the government for a long time. We have also been asked many times about professional issues. , Leiden University even searched for a location in the Far East for a long time. Finally, it chose Java Province to establish a constituency.”

“Can I ask you why you are interested in Central Java?”

Lini smiled and said: "Because it is the place with the highest population density in the Far East and abundant student resources."

"But there are a lot of indigenous people there, will it cause any trouble?"

"Of course it will, but the purpose of our school motto in that branch is to establish the most equal ethnic campus in the Netherlands and to provide the most direct contribution to the unity and patriotism within the Netherlands."

“But will they not be able to keep up with the learning progress of local students?”

"This is exactly what we educators need to consider. Therefore, the move announced by the Minister of Education just now to support major branch schools has actually announced that they will follow the same local approach in enforcing the primary education model. According to what the minister said , as long as it is within the territory of the Netherlands, everyone will be a valuable resource of the Netherlands, including the indigenous people, who are also our compatriots, what do you think?"

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Seeing this, Lini knew that he had succeeded. Leiden University's brand name would be launched. Especially in the Far East, it would have won the peak in the field of morality. Maybe the indigenous people there would regard Leiden University as their best. Maybe it’s the university where I yearn for a sense of identity.

Seeing Lini's behavior, others naturally did not fall back.

They have invested in promoting the advantages of their own universities, and even the two polytechnic universities are no exception. Because the Far East currently has a small local population, the competition for talents has always been cruel, and the source of students is the most fierce competition among various universities. object.

The government is also eager for this kind of competition to continue, because this will increase the competitiveness of these schools. It is said that in the near future, the semi-annual world university rankings published by "European Times" will be announced again. I just don't know, this latest issue In the ranking, how many universities in the Netherlands are ranked within the top 30?

It’s exciting to think about.

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In addition to these top universities in the Netherlands, many people have also seen that major news newspapers in the Netherlands are full of reports that major companies have begun to follow government policies and announce the construction of branch factories in the former Far East.

Among them, the William Group, the largest in the Netherlands, controlled by William IV, even announced that it will increase its investment in the Far East Java Province by more than 5 million Dutch guilders and increase rubber planting and processing plants in the Far East to provide more for the Dutch rubber industry. H.

At the same time, the group also announced that it will build world-class ports like the Port of Amsterdam in Sydney, Melbourne, Brosbane, Darwin, Perth, Adelaide, Surabaya, Jakarta, and Makassar, and in Moresby Port, Lampung, Palembang Kupang, Dili, etc., build secondary national-level port terminals to provide docking, loading, unloading and transfer of goods for large cargo ships.

Improve the rapid development of shipping scale in various parts of the Far East.

The group also announced that it will establish a coal exploration company and development company in Queensland, Australia, and a steel exploration company in Western Australia.

At the same time, a clothing company and a large-scale wool clothing factory were established in Sydney.

Construction of equipment manufacturing plant in Melbourne.

The group claimed that these investments would not be less than N100 million (£4 million) in total and would create more than 500,000 jobs in the Far East.

It seems that the William Group does not want to be the only one in the world. Other major Dutch groups are also moving closer to the government's obvious policy of developing the Far East. Dutch consortiums and aristocrats with a little money can't help but follow the government's eastward development strategy to invest. The number of jobs has already reached more than 200,000. In total, as long as such investment is in place, it can create jobs for 700,000 people. Based on a family of four, this can feed a population of nearly 3 million.

In short, in this Netherlands, an atmosphere has been created, that is, the Dutch territory in the Far East has great potential, and after the local people in the Netherlands heard about it, it once again aroused the fourth wave of immigration.