Hogeschool van Amsterdam

Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Hogeschool van Amsterdam

Logo of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam
Administrative staff
3,200 [1]
Students 43,000 [2]
Location Amsterdam, Netherlands
Affiliations University of Amsterdam
Website international.hva.nl

The Hogeschool van Amsterdam, University of Applied Sciences (HvA), or Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, is the largest institutes for higher professional education in the Netherlands. The HvA mainly offers bachelor's degree programmes, but also has a number of (professional) master's degree programmes. For students from the HvA's international partner institutes it is possible to study at the HvA as an exchange student.

The HvA offers eighty courses of study, spread across locations in Amsterdam.

The HvA's 2,300 employees serve more than 40,000 students.

The HvA maintains ties with the University of Amsterdam.[3]

An important way of learning is via work placements. All students at the HvA have a practical work period in order to get on-the-job experience in the field of their study. Such a work placement can be at a company or organisation in the Netherlands or abroad. Most of the teaching at the HvA is organised in modules, which are given in four periods of ten weeks or in two semesters.[4]

Training

The HvA has 90 college programmes divided and grouped into seven 'domains' (faculties).

23 of these programmes are accredited by the NVAO. Besides full-time programmes, the college also has some part-time courses.

Programs classified into Domain:

Exercise, Sports and Nutrition

Economics and Management

Health

Social Work and Law

Digital Media and Creative Industry

Education and Parenting

Technology

References

  1. "Quick Facts". Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  2. "Quick Facts". Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. "About HvA". About HvA. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  4. "Teaching Methods". Retrieved 8 June 2011.

Coordinates: 52°20′44.50″N 4°54′58.20″E / 52.3456944°N 4.9161667°E / 52.3456944; 4.9161667

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