Higher Education · Enschede / Deventer / Apeldoorn
Saxion University of Applied Sciences offers a range of Bachelor programmes, Master programmes, certificate short courses and preparatory courses of intensive English, attracting a student population of approximately 24,000 students, mostly from the eastern region of the Netherlands. The international student population amounts to approximately 2,000. The educational offer is fully subject to all government quality assurance mechanisms. Saxion University is located in the East of the Netherlands on three campuses, in the old Dutch cities of Deventer, Enschede and Apeldoorn. Established in 1998 through a merger of Hogeschool Enschede and Hogeschool IJselland, it is registered as a public funded university of applied science under Dutch law.