The 'hogescholen' in The Netherlands offer a wide variety of higher professional education in applied science. The Hogeschool van Utrecht. The Hogeschool van Utrecht counts about 25,000 students and 2,400 members of academic and non academic staff. The Hogeschool van Utrecht as a whole, but also each individual faculty has a well developed international network.
Many students spend part of their study abroad or do their internships in foreign companies.
Also staff mobility is well developed. Each faculty offers study programmes taught in English, which makes the Hogeschool more accessible for foreign students.