Therefore, it is necessary to develop knowledge economy. The Dutch University of Applied Science (HBO) has promoted the development of Dutch economy and kept this small country in the forefront of competitiveness. After the merger in the 1980s, the number of applied science universities in the Netherlands decreased obviously, but the comprehensiveness of universities increased obviously, and the number of students in universities also increased, surpassing the number of students in ordinary universities, and the number of students in Dutch higher education reached more than 60%. The development of Dutch University of Applied Science and Technology can not be separated from the attention of all walks of life in the Netherlands. They think that vocational education is as important as general education, and there is no difference between good and bad. All walks of life attach great importance to social and cultural atmosphere, which makes the Dutch University of Applied Science as popular as ordinary universities. The unemployment rate of students who graduated from the Netherlands University of Applied Sciences is low, but their wages are not low, which is one of the reasons why many students are willing to study at the Netherlands University of Applied Sciences.
Finland University of Applied Science and Technology (AMK for short in Finnish) was founded in 1990s, and its establishment and ordinary universities formed a dual pattern of development and complementarity. Finland passed a law in 2003, which defined the mission and status of the University of Applied Science and Technology. At present, there are 27 universities of applied science and technology in Finland, with more than 1.4 million students, and the number is increasing. Finland is a vast country with a small population, with a total population of just over 5.4 million. However, there is an applied science university for every 200,000 people on average, which shows the rapid development of Finnish applied science universities.