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Universities of applied sciences (Dutch: hogeschool) in the Netherlands are focused on professional education rather than scientific research. While the literal translation of hogeschool is "high school", these are second-tier institutes of higher education, and can be compared with colleges or polytechnics or similar in other countries.
Higher education in the Netherlands is offered at two types of institutions: universities of applied sciences (hogescholen; HBO), open to graduates of HAVO, VWO, and MBO-4, and research universities (universiteiten; WO) open only to VWO-graduates and HBO graduates (including HBO propaedeuse-graduates).
The World Bank, for example, defines tertiary education as including universities as well as institutions that teach specific capacities of higher learning such as colleges, technical training institutes, community colleges, nursing schools, research laboratories, centers of excellence, and distance learning centers.
Dutch universities are supported by public funding (with the exception of Nyenrode Business University) so that universities do not have to rely on private funding to pay for tuition. This public funding is entirely output-based, determined by the number of undergraduate and graduate degrees delivered.
Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranks Erasmus University 1st in the Netherlands, 7th in Europe and 28th in the world for the subject Economics and Business in 2020. [ 31 ] The Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Ranking of World Universities published in 2018, lists Erasmus School of Economics as 9th in Europe and 32nd in ...
Saxion University of Applied Sciences (Dutch: Hogeschool Saxion) is a Dutch university of applied sciences with three campuses in the eastern Netherlands.It provides more than 100 courses in study fields as archaeology, finance, law, engineering, hospitality, business, IT, broadcasting, health and digital media.
Tio Business School is a private Dutch educational institution, founded by the business community in 1969 in the city of Hengelo. [1] Tio has establishments in Amsterdam , Rotterdam , Eindhoven , Utrecht , Hengelo and Groningen .
In the Dutch system of higher education, a distinction is made between universities (Dutch: universiteiten) and vocational universities / universities of applied sciences (Dutch: hogescholen or hbo's, institutes of higher professional education).