Zuyd University of Applied Sciences

Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
Academic staff	1,500
Students	13,551
Location	Heerlen, Sittard, and Maastricht, Netherlands
Website	http://www.zuyd.nl

Zuyd University of Applied Sciences (Dutch: Zuyd Hogeschool) is a University of Applied Sciences with campuses in Heerlen, Sittard and Maastricht in the southeastern Netherlands.

The main focus of Zuyd University is on Bachelor programmes, 52 in total,^[1] most of them in Dutch. There are currently^[when?] 8 master programmes.^[1]

In the 2008 edition of the Keuzegids Hoger Onderwijs ('Higher Education Guide'), Zuyd University takes first place of the 13 larger universities of applied sciences, with an average score of 6.85.^[2]

Academics

Zuyd University has the following divisions:^[3]

Economics, Languages, Communication and Hospitality
Health Care
Social Studies, Behaviour & Society
Arts & Design, Music
Teacher Training / Education
Technology and Engineering

Zuyd University of Applied Sciences consists of the following faculties, at three different locations:^[4]

Faculty	Location
Ergo therapy^[5]	Heerlen
Health and Technology	Heerlen
Logopedics	Heerlen
Nursing	Heerlen
Construction	Heerlen
Applied Science	Heerlen
ICT	Heerlen
Technology	Heerlen
Facility Management	Heerlen
Education	Heerlen/Maastricht
International Business & Communication (incorporating the Maastricht School of Translation and Interpreting)	Maastricht
Social Pedagogic Work	Maastricht
Social Pedagogic Work	Sittard
Social Work	Sittard
Hotel Management School^[6]	Maastricht
Academy of Music	Maastricht
Academy of Fine Arts	Maastricht
Academy of Media Design and Technology	Maastricht
Academy of Dramatic Arts	Maastricht
Academy of Architecture	Maastricht
Work and Law	Sittard
Marketing Management	Sittard
Academie Verloskunde Maastricht (University of Midwifery Education & Studies)	Maastricht

References

^ ^a ^b "Kengetallen". Over de hogeschool (in Dutch). Hogeschool Zuyd. Archived from the original on 2006-05-03.
^ Keuzegids Hoger Onderwijs [Higher Education Guide] (in Dutch). 2008.^{[verification needed]}
^ "Our Study programs". Archived from the original on 2006-10-09.
^ "Faculteiten". Over de hogeschool (in Dutch). Hogeschool Zuyd. Archived from the original on 2006-05-11.
^ "Welkom op de site van de Faculteit Ergotherapie van de Hogeschool Zuyd!" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2006-05-04.
^ "Home". Hotel Management School Maastricht (in Dutch).