What is Han University of Applied Sciences famous for?

For international students at HAN University of Applied Sciences, the application deadlines for the 2025 academic year are as follows:
Bachelor's Degree (September Intake):
Non-EU/EEA students: Closed

Bachelor's Degree (February Intake):
Non-EU/EEA students: Oct 1, 2025

Master's Degree: Closed

Scholarship Consideration:
Non-EU/EEA students must be accepted into the programme before Apr 1 of the year of admission for the September intake, and before Oct 1 for the February intake of the following year.

For admission to Han University of Applied Sciences, the minimum TOEFL score required is 80 for undergraduate programs and 60 for postgraduate programs. These scores are for the TOEFL iBT test. 

The university also accepts the following minimum scores for English proficiency tests:
TOEFL iBT: 80
International English Language Testing System or IELTS (Academic): 6.0, with no sub-scores below 5.0
Cambridge FCE: Grade C (169). 

HAN University of Applied Sciences is ranked 7th out of 14 in the category "broad universities of applied sciences" in the Netherlands according to Keuzegids 2022. HAN is also ranked within the Netherlands through the National Student Survey (NSS). However, HAN does not appear in the major university ranking systems such as QS, Times, and ARWU because it is a university of applied sciences, which mainly conducts practice-based research. According to a source, HAN University of Applied Sciences ranked 17th in the Netherlands, 2040th in the global 2023 rating, and scored in the TOP 50% across 15 research topics.