province of utrecht, michiel linskens: utrecht region – highly attractive for living, working and...
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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/ .TRANSCRIPT
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
University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC)
http://www.werkenbijumcutrecht.nl/international/Pages/Research-at-UMC-Utrecht.aspx
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
