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Why Choose Stenden university?
Stenden university is a dynamic, top-quality university with campuses within and outside the Netherlands. That, in a nutshell, is the profile of the Stenden university. The university currently has approximately 10,000 students from 60 different countries and 800 staff members. The university offers specialised international associate, bachelor and master studies; and commercial services in the areas of service management (hospitality, leisure, small business & retail, office management and management & business studies), primary education (teacher’s education), and social management (social work and arts therapies).
Under the heading 'Global Campus', Stenden university, which has campus sites in The Netherlands (Leeuwarden, Emmen, Groningen, Assen, Meppel), South Africa (Port Alfred), Qatar (Doha) and Thailand (Bangkok), is making an excellent progress in developing into a university with an international character.
Stenden university provides innovative higher vocational education, relevant and valuable to students and society. Applied research and service, form an integral part of the educational concept.
From the perspective of its communal educational vision, Stenden university creates a challenging working environment, where the learning student is the central focus. Members of staff and students learn from and with each other, accept responsibility and adopt a critical approach to each other's attitude, quality and performance. Stenden university creates a climate in which members of staff and students project enthusiasm and entrepreneurial spirit. It has fully technical equipped buildings with computer work stations, beamers, small, medium and bigger sized classrooms which are perfect conditions for an excellent learning environment.
Education processes at Stenden university exposes students, as much as possible, to their future professional work field. Gaining practical experience is an important element in the professional training. For this purpose the school offers unique practical training facilities. In addition, external guests and companies use these facilities, such as Stenden university hotel, the Stenden meetingU Conference & Events Office and the Institute Service Management (ISM). Some of the learning companies are linked to a Stenden institute. This university itself also acts as a learning company, whereby students can obtain relevant work experience in all departments.