Hogeschool van Amsterdam | |
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| Motto | Creating Tomorrow[1] |
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| Established | 1993 |
| Rector | Dr. G.R. Meijer |
Administrative staff | 3,200[2] |
| Students | 43,000[2] |
| Location | , |
| Colours | AUAS-purple,black &white[3] |
| Affiliations | University of Amsterdam, NIBS, Erasmus, UASNL |
| Website | www |
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Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (abbreviated as:AUAS;Dutch:Hogeschool van Amsterdam) is a largevocational university located inAmsterdam, Netherlands. The AUAS offersbachelor programmes, and a number of (professional)master programmes. It is also possible for students from the AUAS's international partner institutes to study at the AUAS as exchange students.
The AUAS offers eighty courses of study, spread across locations in Amsterdam. The university maintains ties with theUniversity of Amsterdam.[4] The 2,300 employees of the AUAS serve more than 40,000 students.
An important way of learning for AUAS students is via work placements. All students have a practical work period in order to get on-the-job experience in their chosen field of study. Such work placements can be at a company or organisation in the Netherlands or abroad. Most of the teaching at the AUAS is organised in modules, which are given in four periods of ten weeks, or in two semesters.[5]
The AUAS has 90 college programmes divided and grouped into seven 'domains' (faculties).
23 of these programmes are accredited by theNVAO. 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
The HBO Selection Guide (Dutch:HBO-Keuzegids) gives annual independent judgements on college rankings inThe Netherlands.
AUAS students are represented byASVA Student Union (Dutch:ASVA Studentenvakbond).
TheAmsterdam Fashion Institute is part of the Faculty of Digital Media and Creative Industry (abbreviated as:FDMCI;Dutch:Faculteit Digitale Media en Creatieve Industrie) at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.[7]
In 2025CEOWORLD Magazine ranked AMFI as the 44th Best Fashion School in the World.[8]
On the 30th of May 2023 the Inspectorate of Education (Dutch:Inspectie van het Onderwijs) published the results of their investigation into social safety at the fashion institute.[9]
This investigation was instigated when in 2021 former and current students complained en masse that the learning environment at AMFI was unsafe.[10] Jan Willem van Roodenberg of the Education Inspectorate (Dutch:Onderwijsinspectie) stated to local media: "The severity, the extent of the pattern of a completely unsafe situation that is emerging: as an inspector of higher education, I am extremely shocked by this." In the same year, ASVA Student Union demanded the resignation of the Director and the Head of Design.[11] This was followed by parliamentary questions brought forward byRené Peters (CDA) to the then Minister for Education, Culture and ScienceIngrid van Engelshoven.[12]
TheAmsterdam School of International Business is part of the Faculty of Business and Economics(Dutch:Faculteit Business en Economie) at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.[13]
In 2023 the school had 2,800 students and 150 employees.[13]
TheEuropean School of Physiotherapy is part of the Faculty of Health(Dutch:Faculteit Gezondheid) at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.[14]
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