Information Technology NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences

Overview

Why choose the Information Technology from NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences ?

• Learn by doing and work on real industry cases 
• Work with the latest innovative devices
• Specialise with a minor subject such as Certified Ethical Hacking or Hack@Sea both unique in Europe
• Benefit from the personal attention our campus in Emmen offers
• Work on personal development with your study career coach, map out your own study path
• Gain international experience with a period of study and an internship abroad

• Enjoy excellent job opportunities on graduation

NHL Stenden offers first-year students a housing guarantee through its accommodation partners. Sign up on time, and you’ll easily find the right place for you. 

Your future

With your highly developed conceptual skills and your ability to work in and manage a team, you’ll have a variety of careers open to you.

Career opportunities

• Software engineer developing specific software for companies and institutions that better serves their clients
• Certified Ethical Hacker acting as an advisor on IT security matters
• Full stack developer design, develop and maintain both the backend and the frontend components of software applications
• IT Consultant evaluating a company’s IT system to help them achieve their business goals
• Embedded systems engineer programming for embedded systems (devices, machines, robots)

The practical way you learn

During your studies, you carry out practical assignments from real companies, working in groups and coached by lecturers and professionals with relevant professional experience. It’s a way of learning, an educational concept, they call it  DesignBased Education. You learn to draw on feedback to adapt your ideas and become more flexible, while also developing your teamwork and leadership skills.

There’s a world to explore

Their international community brings together over 80 nationalities on their campuses. It’s an open environment that will help you broaden your horizons in many respects. And they offer more options to get you ready for an intercultural work environment. For instance, you could do one of the programmes offered by RUNEU or, depending on your degree, do your internship abroad or follow a minor subject in a different country through our Grand Tour or Exchange programmes. You get to put together the right combination of courses and internships for you and develop both your professional and personal skills.

Accreditation

This bachelor programme is accredited by the NVAO in the Netherlands (The Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders).