The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS/HvA) is a large institution offering a wide range of professional education, including many technology and engineering programs.
Address: Wibautstraat 2-4, 1091 GM Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Applied ICT, Engineering, Built Environment
Domains taught:
- Aerospace, AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Bioengineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Industrial Design, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marine Science, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Process Control, Software Engineering, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications
Diplomas*:
- Associate Degree, Bachelor, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
CARPE (Consortium on Applied Research and Professional Education), UASNL. Many international partners.
Research:
Applied research focused on urban challenges in Amsterdam, including technology, sustainability, and digital innovation.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
4300
Current students***:
46000
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
180000
Pros
Located in Amsterdam, strong connection with the city’s industries, practice-oriented education.
Cons
Large and diverse, navigating the institution can be complex, Amsterdam housing issues.
Best For
Practice-based technical education addressing urban challenges in Amsterdam.
Most Similar Schools Locally
- Where this school leans on logistics, marine science and industrial design, Hogeschool Rotterdam does the same, and it is slightly smaller, at about 39,000 students against roughly 46,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- The comparison with Hogeschool Utrecht is straightforward on subjects, since both focus on industrial design, civil engineering and structural engineering, and it covers data analytics as well, and is slightly smaller, at about 36,000 students against roughly 46,000 here.
- Zuyd Hogeschool shares the core fields of this institution, namely industrial design, civil engineering and structural engineering; it is far smaller, with about 14,000 students against roughly 46,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- Both schools build their programmes around industrial design, civil engineering and bioengineering, and Avans Hogeschool is the one to compare first within the country, since it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and associate degree.
- Among national alternatives, Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen stands out for its focus on industrial design, civil engineering and structural engineering, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and associate degree, and covers bioinformatics and robotics as well.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Beyond national borders, Politecnico di Milano stands out as a comparable school for aerospace, fluid dynamics and industrial design; it also offers doctoral and graduate certificate programmes and covers bioinformatics and nanotechnologies as well.
- For logistics, industrial design and telecommunications outside the home country, Linköping University in Sweden is a natural reference; it also offers doctoral programmes and covers computer vision and robotics as well.
- Technische Universität Berlin in Germany shares the logistics, aerospace and fluid dynamics orientation of this institution, and it is slightly smaller, at about 35,000 students against roughly 46,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- For aerospace, fluid dynamics and industrial design outside the home country, Politecnico di Torino in Italy is a natural reference; it covers nanotechnologies and thermodynamics as well, and is slightly smaller, at about 38,000 students against roughly 46,000 here.
- A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on aerospace, fluid dynamics and industrial design is Tsinghua in China, and it also offers doctoral and mba programmes and covers transportations and bioinformatics as well.
*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.
- Engineering, Innovation, Project Management, Research and Development
*: 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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