NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences (Dutch: NHTV internationaal hoger onderwijs Breda) is a vocational university

Vocational university

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 in Breda

Breda

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, Netherlands

Netherlands

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. It was founded in 1987 with the merger of two educational institutions. Since, the university has increased in the number of staff, students and programmes offered. In 2010 there are more than 7,000 students from over 50 countries studying in the university in different types of programmes offered both in English and Dutch. NHTV Breda University offers 18 full-time bachelor's degree programmes. Two master programmes and one part-time bachelor's degree programme. NHTV Breda University is currently offering nine English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 taught bachelor programmes and two English taught master programmes.

History

In 1966 vocational university

Vocational university

A vocational university is an institution of higher education and sometimes research, which provides both tertiary and sometimes quaternary education and grants academic degrees at all levels in a variety of subjects...

 Nederlands Wetenschappelijk Instituut voor Toerisme (NWIT) was founded in Breda. It offered bachelor programmes in tourism and leisure and in this field, it was and still is the largest and leading education institution in the world. In 1987 NWIT merged with the in 1972 founded Verkeersakademie Tilburg (VAT), to form Nationale hogeschool voor toerisme en verkeer (NHTV). In the years following this merger NHTV grew both in offered courses as well as in sheer student numbers. Increasingly, internationalization became the focus, this culminated in a name change in 2001; NHTV internationale hogeschool Breda. NHTV was no longer an abbreviation but rather used as its name. In 2008 Dutch hogeschool (hbo) was renamed to university of applied sciences

University of applied sciences

University of applied sciences may refer to:*Ammattikorkeakoulu, the term for a university of applied sciences in Finland*Fachhochschule, the term for a university of applied sciences in Germany...

 in English. Universities of Applied Sciences offer Bachelor degrees, Master degrees (but neither "of Arts" nor "of Science") and no doctorates. New (academic) bachelor and master programmes (for instance a master in Imagineering) have been developed since then, closely related to the disciplines.

By 2009 NHTV offered a Bachelor of Science Tourism and opted to change its name to NHTV internationaal hoger onderwijs Breda in Dutch while still maintaining its name in English.

Bachelor Programmes

With a focus on the development of academic knowledge and the promotion of sound professional practice, the specialist disciplines of NHTV are:

Urban Development, Logistics & Mobility

• International Logistics and Economics (Management)
• International Logistics and Transport Management (Engineering)
• International Traffic Management (Engineering)
• Logistiek en economie
• Logistiek en technische vervoerskunde
• Mobiliteit
• Ruimtelijke ordening en planologie
• Urban Management (variation of Mobiliteit)
• Urban Design (variation of Ruimtelijke ordening en planologie)

Games & Media

• International Game Architecture and Design
• International Media and Entertainment Management

Leisure

• International Leisure Management
• International Leisure Sciences (Academic)
• Vrijetijdsmanagement

Tourism

• International Tourism Management
• Bachelor of Science Tourism (Academic)
• Functiegericht toerisme en recreatie
• Functiegericht toerisme en recreatie (Two years Associate Degree )

Quality in an international setting

NHTV prepares for practical management-level positions in an international setting. NHTV works together with many education institutions all over the world. As a result, there are many opportunities for intensive student and lecturer exchanges. Due in part to the joint research programmes, student conferences and summer courses, the international character of the programmes is strengthened. Furthermore, NHTV encourages work placements abroad or at internationally oriented companies.