Abbreviations and acronyms

ACE

Amsterdam Centre for Entrepreneurship

AD

Associate degree

AHSS

Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

AMFI

Amsterdam Fashion Institute

AUAS

Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

BERD

Business expenditure on research and development

CoE

Centres of Expertise

DRZ

De Rotterdamse Zaak

DutchCE

Dutch Centres for Entrepreneurship

ECTS

European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System

ESP

Entrepreneurial Skills Pass

EU

European Union

EUR

Erasmus University

FES

Economic Reinforcement Fund

FOEL

Festival of Entrepreneurial Learning

GDP

Gross domestic product

HAN

Arnhem and Nijmegen University of Applied Sciences

HEI

Higher education institution

ISCED

International Standard Classification of Education

IT

Information technology

KNAW

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

LERU

League of European Research Universities

MNC

Multinational corporations

MU

Maastricht University

NLPO

National network of entrepreneurship lectors in universities of applied sciences

NRTO

Dutch Council of Training and Education

NVAO

Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders

NWO

Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PBL

Problem-based learning

R&D

Research and development

RVO

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

SEP

Standard Evaluation Protocol

SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises

STEM

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

UAS

University/Universities of Applied Sciences

UU

Utrecht University

UvA

University of Amsterdam

VET

Vocational education and training

VH

Representative organisation of Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences

VSNU

Representative organisation of Dutch Research Universities

VU

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam