Utrecht University of Applied Sciences

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Main building, seen from the A27 motorway.
Main building, seen from the A27 motorway.

The Utrecht University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool Utrecht, HU) is a Vocational University. It is one of the higher education institutions located in the town of Utrecht and one of the largest educational institutions in the Netherlands. The institution shares its main campus, the Uithof, with the largest university of the Netherlands, the Utrecht University. It also has buildings in Amersfoort, 25 km from Utrecht.

The HU has around 30,000 students enrolled. It offers about 70 different degree courses (Bachelor and Master level) in a wide range of subjects: Communication and Journalism, Economics and Management, Science and Technology, Health care, Education and Social Professions.

In the Netherlands a vocational university is called Hogeschool (cf German Hochschule). The title Universiteit (Dutch for university) is legally limited to institutions that have been officially acredited with that title. However, it is allowed to use the English designation University.

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Hogescholen (vocational universities) in the Netherlands (list)

Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de kunsten | ArtEZ Hogeschool voor de kunsten | Avans Hogeschool | Codarts Hogeschool voor de kunsten | Christelijke Agrarische Hogeschool Dronten | Christelijke Hogeschool de Driestar | Christelijke Hogeschool Ede | Christelijke Hogeschool Nederland | Design Academy Eindhoven | Fontys Hogescholen | Gereformeerde Hogeschool | Gerrit Rietveld Academie | Haagse Hogeschool | Hanzehogeschool Groningen | HAS Den Bosch | Hogeschool van Amsterdam | Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen | Hogeschool van de beeldende kunsten, muziek en dans | Hogeschool de Horst | Hogeschool Diedenoord | Hogeschool Domstad | Hogeschool Drenthe | Hogeschool Edith Stein / Onderwijscentrum Twente | Hogeschool Helicon | Hogeschool INHOLLAND | Hogeschool IPabo | Hogeschool voor de kunsten | Hogeschool Leiden | Hogeschool Rotterdam | Hogeschool Utrecht | Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein | Hogeschool Zeeland | Hogeschool Zuyd | Hogeschool Den Haag | Iselinge Educatieve Faculteit | Katholieke Pabo Zwolle | Marnix Academie | NHTV Internationale Hogeschool Breda | Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden | Pedagogische Hogeschool De Kempel | Technische Hogeschool Rijswijk | Saxion Hogeschool | Stoas Hogeschool | Christelijke Hogeschool Windesheim | Zuid Nederlandse Hogeschool voor Muziek
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