Windesheim University of Applied Sciences

Windesheim University of Applied Sciences
Type Special, Protestant
Established 1880
President Albert Cornelissen[1]
Students 20,740[2]
Location Zwolle and Almere, Netherlands

Windesheim University of Applied Sciences (Dutch: Windesheim) is a Dutch vocational university institute for higher education and research. With 20.300 students, thousands of other study participants and more than 1.800 members of staff at sites in Zwolle and Almere, Windesheim is one of the biggest universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands. As an international student, you can come to Windesheim either on an exchange, or to follow a degree programme. For example it offers a four-year international programme in Global Project & Change Management that combines a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with Project Management called Windesheim Honours College.

History

Windesheim was founded in 1880. Windesheim as it currently exists was formed in 1986 as the result of the merger of several education providers. The merger took place over a number of years with more and more institutions joining. The academy for Journalism and the academy for Social Studies from Kampen became part of the new institute as well as the School of Physical Exercise from Arnhem. Most of the education providers who joined were located in Zwolle: Higher Education in Economics and Administration (HEAO), Higher Education in Engineering and Technology (HTS), College of Education, School of Nursing, Academy of Journalism and Higher Education in Information Technology. These separate institutions all became part of Windesheim which then joined forces on an administrative level with the VU University Amsterdam. In 2012 this set up was discontinued and both institutions now have their own board and organization behind them. In September 2006, it changed its degree system to the bachelor/master system.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1012/Binnenland/article/detail/2848121/2011/08/13/Filmpje-zet-hogeschool-Windesheim-te-kijk.dhtml
  2. ↑ https://publish.folders.eu/fixed/1041785?token=f029769bc6129656f116a47352ae9e21

Coordinates: 52°30′00″N 6°04′48″E / 52.50000°N 6.08000°E / 52.50000; 6.08000http://www.windesheiminternational.nl/


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