Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences

Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences (VHL) is the most sustainable university of applied sciences in the Netherlands and has an international focus. As a knowledge institute, our university of applied sciences combines education provided by passionate experts with applied research within its various applied research groups. VHL trains students to become high-quality, ambitious, innovative professionals who go on to contribute to a sustainable world.

Study at VHL

Studying at Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences means studying at the most sustainable university of applied sciences in the Netherlands. Here you choose an educational vision that focuses on the future-proof world you want to build. For a study with impact. For a top education. For learning by doing. For Velp or Leeuwarden. And for lots of atmosphere and sociability.

Growing as experts in transition

You can read how we are committed to a future-proof world in the institutional plan "Growing as experts in transition. From 2022 to 2025, VHL gives direction to education and research based on this document. We create this together with input from partners, students, alumni and VHL colleagues. These merged ambitions serve as the basis for policy plans and annual evaluations. A future-proof world requires changes. These can be reduced to four transitions. We - together with the field and the government - are making an important contribution to these transitions. A task that VHL is only too happy to carry out.

Four transitions

1. Climate change requires major adjustments: a transition to adaptation (adjustment) and mitigation (preventing further change);
2. Sustainable agriculture and food: a move toward a sustainable chain;
3. Living well with water: a change to sustainable water management;
4. Biodiversity and (animal) welfare in rural and urban areas: the transition to a sustainable environment.