Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Hogeschool van Amsterdam | |
| Motto | Creating Tomorrow |
|---|---|
| Established | 1993 |
| Rector | Dr. G.R. Meijer |
Administrative staff | 3,200 |
| Students | 43,000 |
| Location | , |
| Colours | AUAS-purple, black & white |
| Affiliations | University of Amsterdam, NIBS, Erasmus, UASNL |
| Website | www |
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (abbreviated as: AUAS; Dutch: Hogeschool van Amsterdam) is a large vocational university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The AUAS offers bachelor 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 the University of Amsterdam. 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.