Amsterdam University of Applied Science

The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) is based in The Netherlands, in the city of Amsterdam. Amsterdam is a cosmopolitan city where 175 different nationalities live and work together and where the English language is largely spoken. The city is a hotbed of education and research in all conceivable areas: culture and society, trade, logistics, aviation, shipping, ICT, sport, healthcare, education and much more. At AUAS they take full advantage of this wealth of opportunities in order to provide the best possible education and produce cutting-edge research. The business sector needs graduates who have both intercultural and international (work/study) experience. For this reason AUAS ensures that internationalisation is integrally embedded in their educational programmes and the research activities of their schools. The AUAS trains the professionals of tomorrow. Practical orientated research is an important component of the educational programmes offered by their faculties. Their research always addresses a real-life world problem from the professional field, and they conduct the research in close collaboration with both academics and professionals working in the particular discipline.  The AUAS consists of seven faculties. They have a total of 46,000 students and offer a total of 80 bachelor and master programmes. They have 250 partner institutes across 50 different countries and contribute to various educational projects such as curriculum development, research projects, student/professor exchanges and work placements within an international working field. This ensures that the education provided by AUAS is truly internationally orientated. Mission and Vision: Amsterdam is a very diverse, cosmopolitan city, where people of no less than 175 different nationalities live and work alongside each other. Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) perfectly reflects this eclectic diversity. Their identity is based on typical Amsterdam character traits such as courage, ambition, creativity, hospitality and an inexhaustible spirit of enterprise.AUAS trains the professionals of tomorrow. Their graduates have open and inquisitive minds, they thrive on diversity and they possess all of the knowledge and skills required to excel in their professional field. Amsterdam is a hotbed of education and research in all conceivable areas: culture and society, trade, logistics, aviation, shipping, ICT, sport, health care, education and many, many more. They take full advantage of this wealth of opportunities in order to provide the best possible education and produce cutting-edge research. Practically oriented research is an important component of the educational programmes offered by AUAS, each of which relates to one or more research disciplines. Their research always addresses a real-world problem from the professional field, and they conduct it in close collaboration with both academics and professionals working in this particular discipline. Their close cooperation with the University of Amsterdam is particularly valuable for these purposes. AUAS programmes offer students a clear perspective of the professional field and the working environment in which their future careers will unfold. Students gain a great deal of their knowledge from practical work, via work placements, projects, research and labs. This demands a great deal of independence, although they also receive intensive supervision throughout the programmes of their development. During this learning process, contact with lecturers, fellow students and people from their future profession is crucial, as interaction with other people is vital to education. Students participate in various groups and networks as part of the programme, both within AUAS and in the outside world. In this way, they come in contact with new ideas and opinions, and they learn to approach problems from a variety of perspectives. After all, Amsterdam may be a world in itself, but there is more to the world than just Amsterdam.