An Honours Class or Honours Programme is a type of extracurricular programme offered at many Dutch institutions of higher learning. Honours Classes are usually highly selective, admitting only small groups of students with high grades and good motivation.Example from Leiden University: Example from the Vrije Universiteit: Example from the Erasmus University Rotterdam: Example from the Radboud University Nijmegen: Example from the University of Amsterdam: The oldest Honours Class in the Netherlands is the Crayenborgh College, which started in 1993 and is still conducted annually at Leiden University.
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