Home to Wittenborg's 3rd campus, Vienna, Austria, has been ranked as the world's best city to live in!

VIENNA, capital of Austria, known for its vibrancy, flair and charm, is one of Europe's most culturally diverse capitals. It is an exciting city to live in, even the BEST in the world to live in, according to a 2018 survey.

Wittenborg noticed that too, which is why, after launching its second campus in Amsterdam in 2015, another top European city, the institution took its international character to Vienna, capital city of Austria, now ranked best city in world to live in.  According to the Global Liveability Index, a survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit,  Vienna is the "most liveable city in the world" in 2018! Topping cities like Melbourne, Australia and Osaka, Japan, Vienna surely stands out, and Wittenborg ...

"Studying Marketing & Communication at Wittenborg prepares me for a more strategic approach in my work" - Tulya Kavaklioglu

IBA (Top-up) Marketing & Communication student, Tulya Kavaklioglu, explains why studying at Wittenborg prepares her for a strategic approach in the field of marketing at her current internship at GenomeScan – a top Technical Center for Life Sciences in the Netherlands.

Why, as a Phd Student, would you study at bachelor's level?

According to Tulya, she was one of the top candidates for a position at Genomescan – a leading Techcentre for Life Sciences in the Netherlands. However, she lacked the background in Marketing, which was one of the required skills for the position. Therefore, by studying Marketing and Communication at Wittenborg, she is able to gain both theoretical ...

"Education is Affordable in the Netherlands"

What are the factors influencing international students to study in the Netherlands?

We conducted a small survey among our newly graduated internationals who have just received their degrees at Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences’ 2018 Summer Graduation Ceremony.  

The most consistent answer seems to be that the Netherlands not only offers quality higher education, but also good value for money compared to other countries where English is widely-spoken, such as the UK or the US.

Other students confessed to much less lofty motivations. At least two students admitted they chose to study in the Netherlands because of a love for a Dutch football team. One of them is Han Cheng from China, who said on receiving his bachelor's ...

What the Dutch Public Really Think of Self-Driving Cars - Research

Wittenborg MBA graduate Jude Niranjan's thesis on self-driving vehicles in the Netherlands was so impressive that it will be presented as a paper at the 2018 European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics (ECCE) in Utrecht on 5 September.

The paper was co-authored by Wittenborg MBA lecturer, Dr Geert de Haan, who proudly made the announcement at Wittenborg's 2018 Summer Graduation Ceremony in mid-July. De Haan - a keen academic researcher who teaches ICT-related courses such as database systems, business statistics and information management - was Niranjan's tutor.

Niranjan, from Sri Lanka, plans to stay on in the Netherlands now that he has graduated and look for a job. He says he chose to study here because it is a peaceful country. "Wittenborg is a fast-growing university and its entry dates are flexible to international students...

Double degree? Wittenborg Amsterdam business students show the way.

A year of 'hard academic graft' has paid off from Wittenborg's business school students from Amsterdam who have completed the joint degree programme BBA in Entrepreneurship & Small Business and BSc in Business & Management.

Hats off to double degree graduates from Wittenborg Amsterdam who attended the University of Brighton's Summer Graduation Ceremony on Friday where they received their diplomas.

Seven students from Amsterdam graduated with a double degree this summer - an IBA (Bachelor) in Entrepreneurship & Small Business from Wittenborg and a BSc (Hons) in Business & Management from the University of Brighton in the UK. They represent the very first graduates from Wittenborg ...

New Student Intake at Wittenborg also Expected to Surpass 2017

Dutch universities are expecting record numbers of international students when the new academic year starts in September, the Dutch financial daily Het Financieel Dagblad (FD) reported this week. The paper even talks of an “explosion” of first year students from abroad. Technical studies and International Business Administration (IBA) programmes in particular are proving popular.

Meanwhile, the Student Registrar at Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences, Santosh Aryal, says the institution is also impacted by the upward swing of international students although there is still a month to go before the new academic year starts.

“Compared to last year this time, there has already been a 50% increase in applications from new students.” He ...

"This Trip was a True International Experience."

Four international students from Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences just spent a week in Georgia, courtesy of the European Commission's Erasmus + programme where they learned about sustainable practices and what cultural exchange really means.

The four - Yuji Taike (Japan), Witney Laizer (Tanzania), Kossi Hilaire Aziamale (Togo) and Samiya Tazrin (Bangladesh) - were joined by students from Greece, Georgia, Spain and the Ukraine. The trip was organised by Wittenborg alumnus Serge Gwabene through his social enterprise Stichting Codine.

According to Witney they had a great time and learned a lot. "We spent most of our time in a small city, Nokalakevi, but also visited the capital Tbilisi. It was also my first time camping! It was scary in the beginning, but did a lot for the coherence ...

Part of Team Working on Project to Rehabilitate Poor Part of Rotterdam

Wittenborg lecturer, Dr Yasmina Khadir-Poggi, recently presented a paper at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) during the 2018 IFKAD conference. IFKAD stands for the International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics. The theme of the conference was “Social Impact of Knowledge through Design”.

Khadir-Poggi is a lecturer in Business Studies at Wittenborg Amsterdam. She recently obtained a PhD in Knowledge Management from the Trinity Business School in Dublin, Ireland.

She said her paper focused on knowledge creation in organisations. “Because of my paper, I was selected to participate in an experimental (and successful) workshop called “The Science of Ideas”. With my team, we spent one day working on a project to suggest an urban design aiming at ...

Two Top Students Receive Double Degree from Wittenborg and the University of Brighton

At this year’s Summer Graduation Ceremony, Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences boasted three honours students – in other words, students who achieved a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 8.0 or higher. All 3 are from developing countries and all are women.

They are Tatiana Nesterenko from Belarus, Maria (Maru) Lizarraga from Mexico and Nirusika Ratnasingam from Sri Lanka.

Wittenborg’s chair of the executive board, Peter Birdsall, said in his speech he couldn’t be prouder. “Not only do we have our first double-degree students from Amsterdam, but two of them attained a first-class honours degree from Brighton as well.”

The deputy vice-chancellor of Brighton, Prof Chris Pole, also attended the ceremony. In his speech he said universities are becoming more and more ...