HZ University of Applied Sciences

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HZ has around 4,900 students divided over four study years and 23 bachelor degree programmes, eight of which are taught in English. Some 500 students come from outside the Netherlands, so we have a great mix of Dutch and international students. Easy mathematics will tell you that with such numbers, classes are going to be small. As a university of applied sciences we have positioned ourselves a...s experts in Water and Land, Tourism and Business, Industry and Logistics. Our international degree programmes are fully in line with these spearheads.
We are a knowledge institute with a worldwide orientation, with a specific orientation within durability & water, safety, innovation & enterprise knowledge domains. The various target groups can master their chosen competencies via custom made education, for a lifelong career in a multicultural and multiform society. We want to be a partner to companies, institutes and authorities, in order to look after their every knowledge and innovation need. We therefore focus on a number of spearheads, which makes us attractive to a market which goes way beyond the regional and even the national borders. These spearheads are durability and water, safety and innovation & enterprise. This is also re-emphasised by the existence of lecturers in these specific areas.
A mission is also constantly embedded in a set of ‘values’, which provides direction for thoughts and actions. Our core values are quality, personal development, mutual respect and professional orientation. Various HZ places and documents also emphasize the required attention for ethnic and interpretation issues, both in general and professional situations. We want to be a community where every person counts and where every person is seen as an individual, where working together is high on the list of priorities and where there is mutual respect for the development possibilities of all involved.
The Netherlands consistently ranks among the best education systems in the world. The HZ University of Applied Sciences has been placed in the top three of similar Dutch universities for seven years in a row. HZ is a government-funded University of Applied Sciences (HBO). To obtain government funding in the Netherlands, institutes must continually meet a number of quality requirements. The quality of the departments and programmes is regularly evaluated by acknowledged VBI’s (Visiting Assessment Organisations) of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.
The Bachelor programmes, including the English-language programmes, taught at HZ have been accredited by the NVAO (Netherlands-Flemish Accreditation Organisation) based on international agreements. Every year the ‘Keuzegids Hoger Onderwijs’ (Guide to Higher Education) holds a survey of higher education in the Netherlands. The guide is published today and has ranked HZ again as 3rd best medium sized Dutch University of Applied Sciences. Three programmes are top rated, six programmes are in the top three of their category.
About our English programmes: Logistics Engineering is a top rated study and the number 1 in their category, Water Management is the second best programme of the Netherlands in their category. Our year planning is a general planning. The year plan for some programs may slightly differ from this planning. We therefore strongly advise you to always check the year planning with your course coordinator, when you decided to choose for HZ, at your arrival.