Brainport Talent Region

Working on the technology of tomorrow

Brainport is the ideal place for you if you want to keep on learning and getting the best out of yourself. Here you will be developing the top technology of tomorrow, along with highly talented people from all over the world. For instance, in the inspirational environment of an open innovation campus.

The High Tech Campus Eindhoven is perhaps the best known open innovation campus in the region. A dynamic environment in which more than 90 companies and 8,000 researchers work and collaborate on pioneering technologies and products. In fact, the region also boasts a number of specialised campuses, from automotive and food to chemistry and health. All in all, a real hotspot of cutting-edge research and development in which cooperation and collaboration lay the cornerstones of tomorrow’s world.

The Southeast Netherlands provides more than 100.000 jobs in the high-tech, automotive, and manufacturing industry and in high tech services. This portal connects you to international organizations with vacancies.

Or your employment route may take you to one of the well-known international top technology companies or to one of the many much smaller innovation companies in the region. Both large and small, the prospects of a dynamic and rewarding working environment in Brainport are considerable.

Outstanding Knowledge Position
 

The Southeast Netherlands is famous as a leading region in the areas of knowledge, technology and design. It is one of the top European regions for patent applications. Four patents are registered in the region every day. There is also a tremendous amount of high-quality scientific research. Dutch researchers are the second most productive and the fourth best in the world: they publish almost twice the average number of articles. The quality of these articles is 30% above the global average.

International networks

The knowledge institutes in the Southeast Netherlands are well connected with other top regions in the world, Europe and nearby. The region is part of the cross-border Eindhoven-Leuven-Aachen triangle (ELAt). Excellent public knowledge institutes are present in ELAt that have knowledge that is extremely relevant for
the companies in the Southeast Netherlands. All the universities in ELAt are included in the top 200 of the Times World Universities Ranking, including the RWTH Aachen, one of the largest universities in Europe. The institute Imec in Leuven leads the world in the field of nano-electronics and nanotechnology.

An important European network the region participates in is the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). The EIT establishes thematic Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) between excellent companies, educational and research institutes in Europe concerning social challenges. Each KIC comprises a number of co-locations. The two colocations that the EIT acquired in the Southeast Netherlands are the result of the strong international knowledge position. The Southeast Netherlands achieved this success in the same way as the top innovation regions Stockholm, Berlin and Paris did. Since 2010, Eindhoven has participated in both the Knowledge Innovation Community (KIC) programme KIC InnoEnergy and the KIC ICT Lab programme.

Institutes

Research institutes in the Southeast Netherlands take advantage of the challenges within the clusters, in a scientific and business economics sense. The Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) has focused its research on three strategic areas, namely energy, health and smart mobility. Together, the three universities in the Southeast Netherlands contribute significantly to the region’s excellent knowledge position; they have a large output of publications and are frequently cited. The public R&D infrastructure in the Southeast Netherlands has eight institutes.

 Looking for a high-tech job or study abroad? Then take your next career step in the Southeast Netherlands, a region that goes by the appropriate name ‘Brainport’, home to top-quality companies, research institutes and universities. The doors are open in a whole range of sectors like High Tech Systems, Food & Technology, Smart Mobility, Lifetec & Health and Smart Materials & Chemistry. Brainport also offers you everything you need to enjoy life outside of work or study: bustling, cosmopolitan surroundings and excellent social amenities. Brainporttalentregion.com tells you more about your work and study opportunities and gives you a taste of the region.  

Succes through cooperation

Brainport’s economic success is the result of cooperation. Regionally and internationally. Between top scientists from a wide range of disciplines. Between knowledge industry and manufacturing industry. Between producers, designers and marketers. And also between competitors who allow each other ‘a peak behind the scenes’. They share ideas in the research phase of product development. Brainport encourages open innovation.

 

Favourable business climate

The Southeast Netherlands is an excellent business location for technically oriented and innovative companies, from large internationals to small suppliers. Favourable factors are the presence of related companies and top technology institutes, the proximity to key markets and the highly educated workforce.

Brainport is definitely also attractive for ‘start-ups’. There is every chance in Brainport that a good idea develops into an innovative product that finds its way to the (world) market. This is because the region provides the necessary cohesion and the willingness to cooperate. Brainport is an innovation ecosystem in which the entire value chain is represented. Top scientists,
designers, producers, and marketers complement each other.

Moreover, many essential services are close at hand, including patent bureaus and finance opportunities such as venture capital and bannks experienced in financing technology. Campuses and business incubators have state of the art research facilities that companies can share. Think of laboratories, clean rooms, and equipment.

 

Productive labour force

The labour force in the Southeast Netherlands is highly educated and the area is especially attractive for engineers and technicians. This is due to a regular
growth in employment in recent years; the total number of jobs in the region increased to 1.5 million in 2010. The growth in jobs is largely the result of structural economic reforms that have been implemented. Moreover, few people are unemployed; an average of 3.9% of the potential working population was unemployed in 2009, while the corresponding rate in the Eurozone countries was more than 8%. Especially in technical areas, there are many employment possibilities. “Around the highway A2 from the Randstad to the Brainport Eindhoven Region there are good employment opportunities for the technically educated,” according to a report on the future labour market for technicians. In the technical areas, there are also many opportunities for changing jobs in the Southeast Netherlands. People can
easily switch from one job to another within a supply chain. This means that there is versatility and diversity in the available jobs. Another important aspect of the labour market is labour productivity. Dutch labour productivity per hour is amongst the highest in Europe. This is because the Dutch working population is highly
educated, employees have an international outlook and many speak more than one language. This high level of education enables employees to be highly productive.

Home base for living & working

The Southeast Netherlands offers pleasant living and working conditions. Excellent social and cultural facilities ensure a high quality of life. There are two internationally-oriented Airports, a wide range of  museums, art galleries, concert halls, theatres, and places of entertainment. The combination of an urban and rural environment is unique. Economic growth goes hand in hand with the preservation of ‘green’. In short, In Brainport is high tech, high green, high culture.

The knowledge and manufacturing industry in Brainport offers plenty of career opportunities. A job with one top company is often the springboard to a career with another world player. This is interesting for international knowledge workers. What’s more, because of the pleasant living conditions in the Southeast Netherlands and the presence of an international school, they do not have to worry about bringing their families with them. Brainport’s doors are open to them. To share in the success of Brainport and to help develop it even further.

Well connected region

The intercontinental accessibility of the Southeast Netherlands is good. Schiphol Amsterdam Airport, located in Amsterdam, has many and fast intercontinental
connections and is a European hub. The Southeast Netherlands is centrally located between Schiphol Airport and two other large, international airports: Brussels
Airport and Dusseldorf International Airport. There are two other airports in the region: Eindhoven Airport and Maastricht Aachen Airport. Eindhoven Airport is the
second largest airport in the Netherlands, after Schiphol, handling 2.1 million passengers in 2010.

The region is well connected thanks to the high quality and reasonably priced national railway system. Cities like Eindhoven and Maastricht are directly linked to other major cities in the Netherlands like Amsterdam, Utrecht and Rotterdam. From Eindhoven, for example, it takes 50 minutes to travel to Utrecht, 1 hour and 20 minutes to Amsterdam and 1 hour an 10 minutes to Rotterdam. Through Breda, Venlo and Maastricht, the region is fairly well connected to the European railway system.

Road transport in the Netherlands is good and usually flows without too many jams. Cities like Antwerp, Brussels and Düsseldorf only take a 1 to 1.5 hours drive. An alternative - that is sometimes even faster - is the frequent and good public transport. Of course, you can always do what the Dutch do and jump on your bicycle.