Fontys University of Applied Sciences

Fontys University of Applied Sciences

Fontys Hogescholen
Motto	Think bigger
Type	Public University of Applied Sciences
Established	1996
Administrative staff	4.343
Students	44.486
Location	Several locations in the south of the Netherlands
Website	Website Fontys University of Applied Sciences

Fontys University of Applied Sciences is a Dutch university of applied sciences with over 44.000 students in several campuses located in the southern Netherlands. The three largest Fontys campuses are located in the cities of Eindhoven, Tilburg and Venlo. The name Fontys comes from the Latin word "fons" which means "source". Thus, Fontys wants to highlight that it is a source of knowledge for students. Fontys offers 200 bachelor's and master's study programmes in the fields of economics, technology, health care, social work, sports and teacher training. A selection of these programmes is offered in German and English. The independent Dutch ranking Keuzegids ranks Fontys as one of the best large universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands. In 2014, Fontys Chairperson Nienke Meijer was delcared "Most influential Woman of the Netherlands."

Fontys University of Applied Sciences is ranked among the best universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands. Here, Fontys scores above-average results in the study fields of engineering, IT, logistics as well as business administration and management (consisting of the study programmes International Business and Management Studies (IBMS), International Marketing (IM), International Business Economics (IBE) and International Fresh Business Management (IFBM)).

The ranking is done annually by the Centre of Higher Education Information and published in the Keuzegids HBO. It takes into account the perspectives of experts, students and universities themselves. Next to factors such as student satisfaction with their university’s lecturers and study content, student success rates, IT facilities and practice-orientation the ranking is based on the accreditation reports of the Dutch-Flemish Accreditation Organisation (NVAO)