Universities of Applied Sciences like here in Rotterdam offer a profession orientated approach to education. This is where you will learn to apply the knowledge you are being taught in class into a real life case study or business. It will prepare you for your professional life, we emphasise developing your hard and soft skills over various theories and models.
Employers in today's business world look for work experience that qualifies applicants for a position, and the programmes at universities of applied sciences are designed to prepare you professionally. We have a mandatory internship within the programme plus an internship based thesis at the end of your study to maximise your chances of heading straight into the world of work.
At a University of Applied Science we want to hear your voice in the classroom, challenging not only your fellow classmates but also your lecturers. For this reason we keep our class sizes to a maximum of 30, at a research university you can expect class sizes to go up to 300 for standard lectures. We like to hear your voice and this is why the learning environment at a university of applied sciences can be at times the complete opposite of what you find at a research university.
