Students in China who plan to study in the Netherlands are required to apply for the Neso certificate from Neso China for a study visa. Students accepted by Dutch universities with TOEFL iBT scores can now directly apply for the Neso certificate at Neso China as part of the visa-application process and are no longer required to take further English proficiency tests.

"The new TOEFL iBT, launched in China in 2006, uses the leading technology to measure students' communicative and academic-English proficiency in all four language skills. It therefore meets the language requirements of Dutch universities to recruit qualified candidates", says Mr. Jacques D. van Vliet, Director of Neso China.


"Dutch Universities have been receiving increasing attention from Chinese students in the past several years. We welcome Chinese students to take the TOEFL iBT test as one more choice when applying for study in the Netherlands."

The TOEFL® test is currently the world's most popular and widely accepted academic English exam. More than 6,000 institutions, including all top 100 universities around the world, use it to measure the English-language proficiency of international student applicants. More than 135 top educational institutions in the United Kingdom -” including the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London and the London School of Economics -” all accept TOEFL test scores for admission. Within the last two years alone, an additional 850 institutions have become TOEFL score users.

"We are excited to see that the TOEFL iBT alone can now help Chinese students study in the Netherlands. The Dutch higher education's further acceptance of the TOEFL iBT scores underscored TOEFL's worldwide recognition, through which we hope to broaden Chinese students' opportunities to study overseas and achieve success", says Philip Tabbiner, Senior Vice President of ETS Global, K-12 Learning & Development and Business Development.

Students can now apply for the Neso certificate at the same time they begin the application process to Dutch universities. It is recommended that prospective students submit application materials at least four months before the beginning of the semester.