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Since January 2014, graduates from universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands have been awarded an internationally recognizable degree addition: bachelor of science/bachelor of arts. This aligns their titling with that of university graduates. Consequently, Dutch universities of applied sciences may now also refer to themselves as ‘universities of applied science’ (UAS) internationally. There is no separate English title for the ‘professors’ of these universities, known as lecturers, as the terms ‘lector’/’lektor’ carry different specific meanings in English and German.
Five years after the equalization of titles, the Dutch Minister has commissioned Dialogic to conduct an evaluation on these matters. The research has four objectives:
- To assess whether the introduction of the degree additions ‘of Science’ and ‘of Arts’ has increased the visibility of the quality of education at universities of applied sciences.
- To determine if the distinction between universities of applied sciences and research universities is still clear to Dutch society.
- To evaluate if the positioning of universities of applied sciences as ‘Universities of Applied Sciences’ (UAS) is internationally recognizable.
- To examine if the term ‘lector’ is internationally recognizable.
The final report of the study will be delivered by the end of May 2020.
Want to know more? Contact Robbin te Velde.