Exchange programmes

Overview programmes

International Business

International Business Studies (IBS) focuses on a hands‑on approach to entrepreneurship, management, sales, marketing and financial management. You will learn how to streamline company processes, think commercially and work within a financial framework.

We welcome exchange students in our fall and spring semester.

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Innovative Entrepreneurship (semester programme)

HZ University of Applied Sciences offers the semester programme "Innovative Entrepreneurship". This is an English-language programme accessible to international (exchange) students. HZ has a long history in offering courses in Entrepreneurship and this year the focus will be on stimulating innovative entrepreneurship. The objective is to encourage new entrepreneurs to develop breakthrough-innovations, not only from a technological viewpoint but also from an economical viewpoint.

This programme is offered in both semesters.

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Tourism Management

Tourism Management programme has a strong international orientation, with courses in Management, Tourism, Vitality and Wellness, Sports, Health, Human Resources Management and Hospitality.

We welcome exchange students in our fall and spring semester. For more info on the courses please click here.

HZ Innovation Studio "The Garage" (semester programme)

The HZ Innovation Studio offers you a unique learning opportunity. For ten (15EC) or twenty (30EC) weeks, you will engage in our studio and design relevant solutions for a variety of challenges. Meet and collaborate with industry stakeholders, fellow students, researchers and lecturers. Together we immerse in projects and succeed in delivering meaningful output. The projects combine a multitude of concepts that are top of mind in our region. In this, entrepreneurship, governance, regional planning, change or development are linked to health, wellbeing, sports, recreation, leisure, hospitality or tourism.

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Chemistry

In our Chemistry programme we can welcome exchange students in the Fall and Spring semester.

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Mechatronics

Our Mechatronics programme is a specialisation from our Engineering programme on 4th year Bachelor level.

This specialisation is offered in our fall semester. For more info on this programme please click here.

Logistics Engineering

In this programme you learn how to manage and optimise various streams in, for example, physical distribution and human logistics. Physical distribution is all about transport, storage, planning and communication between different parties. Human logistics focuses on human streams, for example in the health service or at big events. We welcome exchange students in our fall and spring semester. You can choose from various courses which will be offered.

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Civil Engineering

The Netherlands has been a frontrunner in coastal defence for centuries. Nowadays, Dutch Engineers export their services and expertise all over de world. At HZ, you will learn how to plan, design and build in a safe, sustainable and cost-effective way. You will specialise in Coastal Engineering, an area of civil engineering related to hydraulic engineering, road construction, pipeline design, bridges, dams, storm sewers, dykes and canals. We welcome exchange students in our fall and spring semester.

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Water Management

The earth’s climate is changing rapidly. The main water problems we have to deal with in society are pollution, flooding and shortages. This has major impact for both humans and animals. As a water manager you make sure all life on earth can deal with the effects of climate change on nature, the weather and agriculture.

We offer courses on subjects as ecology, water quality, water technology, resilience, spatial planning and the management of delta areas. Exchange students can choose to do a number of courses from the programme with a total number of 30 ECTS per semester or choose a minor programme.

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Industrial Engineering & Management

The course Industrial Engineering & Management teaches you how to use technology, management theory and business economics in such a way that you will be able to improve production processes and to make organizations profitable or more sustainable.

You have an interest in technology, you enjoy coming up with smart solutions for the technical and management field. You are versatile and you can work in different branches of an organization, regardless whether it is the planning, purchasing, production or distribution department. With your problem-solving abilities, you are able to (re)design, improve and optimise production resources and processes by applying your knowledge on technology, business processes and change management.

We welcome exchange students in the 2^nd year of the IE&M programme either in the Fall and/or Spring semester. Based on your educational background the programme coordinator will determine whether you will be admitted. Furthermore, we welcome exchange students in the 4th year of the programme, during the Project: Focus on Future. This project only runs in the Fall semester.

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Information & Communication Technology

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) focuses on a hands‑on approach with real-life casus to Software engineering, Digital innovation, Business IT Consulting and Data Science. You will learn how to come up with new digital solutions for real company problems. You will develop solutions and explain the technology. We welcome exchange students in our fall or/and spring semester.

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Applied Data Science (semester programme)

Our study programme Information & Communication Technology offers the one-semester Minor “Applied Data Science” (30 ECTS). This programme is offered in the spring semester, taught in English and accessible to international (exchange) students.

Are you interested by what data can do for the world we live in and are you willing to learn? Then “Applied Data Science” may be what you are looking for.
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Offshore Renewable Energy (semester programme)

The contribution of Offshore Renewable Energy to the energy market is essential for a better environment and for our future. The human use of energy is still increasing and we are running out of fossil fuels. In the future, we can solve this by generating renewable offshore energy from wind, currents, waves and other sources. Currently, many new offshore wind farms are planned and build in the Netherlands. Zeeland is a major contributor to the construction of offshore wind farms, both nationally and internationally.

Currently, there are only a handful of study programmes that focus on renewable offshore energy. It will therefore be the sole focus of this new semester programme.

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