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The article focuses on Renaissance humanism in the Netherlands during the period from approximately 1350 to 1650. The author seeks to outline the major characteristics of Humanistic education in the Netherlands during this period. One of the educational trends of the period was the study of classical literature from ancient Greece and Rome. The Dutch scholar Desiderius Erasumus is mentioned as one of the most prominent humanists from the Netherlands during the early sixteenth century. He was noted as a classical scholar; he lived in many countries across Europe, where he exchanged ideas with other intellectuals. The importance of the University of Louvain in Belgium and Leiden University in the Netherlands is also mentioned.