Facts and Figures

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Saxion University is located in the East of the Netherlands on three campuses, in the old Dutch cities of Deventer, Enschede and Apeldoorn. Saxion University of Applied Sciences were established through a merger of Hogeschool Enschede and Hogeschool IJselland at the beginning of 1998. Its legal predecessors date back to the twenties and thirties of the 20th century. Saxion University is registered as a public funded University of Applied Science, in legal terms Saxion University is established as a Foundation under Dutch law.

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 20,000 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. Experience and scale combine to makes Saxion University a strong and active education provider, not only in the Netherlands but also overseas.

International education programmes were started in the 1990s, with a current set of business, technical and environmental courses at Bachelor and Master levels. International programmes are taught in English and comprise mostly business, technical and environmental studies. International students number about 2,000, following both Bachelor and Master programmes in 22 different pathways.

Facts and figures

Housing

Saxion University has three locations in the eastern part of the Netherlands, with a total of 93,800 m2.

  1. Apeldoorn: 800 m2
  2. Deventer: 26,000 m2
  3. Enschede: 67,000 m2

Employees

A total of approximately 1,700 employees currently work at Saxion. This number is growing as Saxion expands its activities.

  1. Teaching staff: approximately 950 (working within the schools)
  2. Support staff: approximately 750 (working in units like IT, facility, HRM)

Student population

In the last few years Saxion has become one of the biggest institutions of higher education in the Netherlands. Currently about 20,000 students study at Saxion. This number is increasing every year.

More information

You can read more about Saxion’s ambition in the Strategic Vision 2008 – 2012.


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