The HAN University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen in Dutch

Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

), often abbreviated as HAN, is a university of applied sciences with campuses in Arnhem

Arnhem

Arnhem is a city and municipality, situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and located near the river Nederrijn as well as near the St. Jansbeek, which was the source of the city's development. Arnhem has 146,095 residents as one of the...

 and Nijmegen in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

. It offers Bachelor and Master degrees in a wide range of subjects. Arnhem Business School

Arnhem Business School

The Arnhem Business School is the business school of the HAN University in Arnhem, the Netherlands. It offers Bachelor and Masters degrees in business, logistics and management. ABS programmes are taught in English, with about 600 students from more than 20 different countries...

 is the international department of HAN University. HAN University has been rated as one of the best universities of applied sciences of The Netherlands.

Description

The HAN was established in 1996 after a merger of several other schools. It operates on two campuses - Arnhem and Nijmegen, and has four faculties

Faculty (university)

A faculty is a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas...

:

• Faculteit Economie en Management(FEM, Faculty of Economics and Management)
  • This Faculty resides in both Arnhem and Nijmegen. Most international students live in Arnhem (Arnhem Business School
    Arnhem Business School
    The Arnhem Business School is the business school of the HAN University in Arnhem, the Netherlands. It offers Bachelor and Masters degrees in business, logistics and management. ABS programmes are taught in English, with about 600 students from more than 20 different countries...
    
    ). The faculty has 15 bachelor studies, devided over 3 institutes (Business, International Business & Communication and Financial Management & Law).
• Faculteit Gezondheid Gedrag en Maatschappij (GGM, Faculty of Health, Behavior and Society)
• Faculteit Techniek (Faculty of Technics)
• Faculteit Educatie (Faculty Education)(this faculty also contains the Informatica Communication Academy).

The HAN offers associate degrees, bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...

s and master's degree

Master's degree

A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...

s. Given the vocational nature of the university, all degrees awarded at the HAN are professional degrees.

External links

• Official website