Province of Utrecht, Michiel Linskens: Utrecht region – highly attractive for living, working and leisure

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These are the slides to Michiel Linskens's presentation on "Utrecht region – highly attractive for living, working and leisure" at Expatica's International Job Fair on Saturday, 5 April 2014. Utrecht region is named by the European Commission as most competitive region. In the presentation not only the assets of the region will be presented, also major institutions and companies will be introduced, including their need for new employees. For more information on the province of Utrecht, please click go to https://www.provincie-utrecht.nl/algemene-onderdelen/serviceblok/english/ .

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Michael Linskens, sr policy advisor, Province of Utrecht - April 5, 2014

Highly attractive for

living, working and leisure

Utrecht Region

The national hub of highways, railways and digital network

8 million people within 1 hour in Utrecht

29 minutes by train from Schiphol Airport (4th airport of EU)

43% of the labor force has university degree

Wonderful nature and culture in close proximity

177 spoken languages average 3 per person

Within 30 minutes all degrees of housing in safe environment

International School Utrecht

International School Utrecht

First international school in Utrecht region Open since August 2012 120 scholars, 25 nationalities Age of scholars: 4 - 14 year Parents working at

University Utrecht University Medical Center Utrecht Larger and small companies

Next year: grade 9 class open 20 teachers (New Zealand, Ireland, UK, Spain, Australia, Italy, Holland)

Dutch Spanish English Humanities Science Drama Visual Art Gym

Over 250 historical sites

Most competitive European region according to EC (2011, 2013)

Business services

Health Higher education

Infrastructure Innovation

Labour market

Institutions Macroeconomic stability

Market size Professional education

Technology

Most competitive European region: 11 dimensions

Health

Higher education/lifelong learning

Excellent university – founded 1636

Shanghai Ranking of World Universities 1st in the Netherlands a shared 13th place in Europe a shared 52nd place in the world 12 Nobel Prize winners and 14 Spinoza Laureates (from 1995 - 2013)

Gerard ‘t Hooft and Martinus Veldman

29,755 students (2012) 6,255 are 1st year students 1,537 are students from abroad 1,224 are exchange students from 118 countries

5,106 staff members (excluding Faculty of Medicine) male/female ratio of 52/48 Approx. 95,000 alumni Budget: 761 million euro Faculties

Humanities Law, Economics and Governance Geosciences Social and Behavioural Sciences Science Medicine / University Medical Centre Utrecht (UMC Utrecht) Veterinary Medicine

Key figures

Labour market

Infrastructure

Professional education

Macroeconomic stability

25 25 25

Focus Areas

Healthy living (care & medical, life sciences)

Green economy (various sectors)

Smart services (ownership usage)

Dominant sectors business services

knowledge-intensive services

Growth areas creative industry

life sciences

sustainability

Economic Board Utrecht (EBU)

a unique cooperation between business communities, authorities, knowledge and social institutes to further strengthen the regional economy and spur innovations

Top Ten EU regions on the RCI 2013

SKF Engineering & Research Centre

SKF Group is the leading global supplier of products, solutions and services within

rolling bearings, seals, mechatronics, services and lubrication systems. Services include

technical support, maintenance services, condition monitoring and training.

Looking for persons with an academic background in

Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Physics

Mathematics

Chemistry I

CT related subjects

A wide range of leading and innovative companies and institutions

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