BUas (formerly NHTV Breda) offers programs in unique domains including built environment, logistics, and new technologies in media and games, often with an international focus.
Address: Mgr. Hopmansstraat 2, 4817 JS Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Built Environment, Logistics, Applied Data Science & AI (related to its domains)
Domains taught:
- AI and Machine Learning, Civil Engineering, Data Analytics, Engineering, Industrial Design, Logistics, Project Management, Software Engineering
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
International network of partner universities and industry connections in its specific fields.
Research:
Applied research in sustainable urban development, smart logistics, responsible tourism, and immersive media.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
900
Current students***:
7500
Foreign students***:
20%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Internationally oriented, specialized programs with good industry links, modern campus.
Cons
Strong focus on specific niches; fewer broad engineering programs.
Best For
Specialized education in built environment, logistics, and creative technologies.
Most Similar Schools Locally
- Another national school that puts logistics, industrial design and civil engineering at the centre is HZ University of Applied Sciences, and it is smaller, enrolling about 5,000 students against roughly 7,500 here, and is also a public institution.
- Among national alternatives, Zuyd Hogeschool stands out for its focus on industrial design, civil engineering and data analytics, and it covers structural engineering and bioengineering as well, and is larger, enrolling about 14,000 students against roughly 7,500 here.
- The comparison with Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam is straightforward on subjects, since both focus on data analytics, AI and machine learning and software engineering, and it also offers doctoral programmes and covers statistics as well.
- Both schools build their programmes around industrial design, civil engineering and project management, and Technische Universiteit Eindhoven is the one to compare first within the country, since it covers bioinformatics and nanotechnologies as well, and is larger, enrolling about 14,000 students against roughly 7,500 here.
- Both schools build their programmes around logistics, industrial design and civil engineering, and Windesheim Hogeschool is the one to compare first within the country, since it is far larger, with about 27,500 students against roughly 7,500 here, and is also a public institution.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Mukachevo State University brings a Ukraine setting to the same core fields, industrial design, project management and data analytics, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's and master's.
- In the United Kingdom, University of Westminster teaches much the same core subjects, industrial design, civil engineering and data analytics, and it is also a public institution and also offers doctoral programmes.
- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, in India, takes a similar route through industrial design, AI and machine learning and software engineering; it also offers doctoral programmes and covers nanotechnologies and bioengineering as well.
- Beyond national borders, Hong Kong Polytechnic University stands out as a comparable school for logistics, industrial design and civil engineering; it is far larger, with about 33,900 students against roughly 7,500 here, and is also a public institution.
- For a study option in Finland with a comparable spread of industrial design, civil engineering and project management, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences is the reference point: it is larger, enrolling about 16,500 students against roughly 7,500 here, and is also a public institution.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
- Logistics, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Practices, Sustainable Product Design
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
- known locally
- known locally and internationally
- is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
- is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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