Zuyd University of Applied Sciences

Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, also known as Zuyd Hogeschool in Dutch, is a university of applied sciences with campuses in Heerlen, Sittard, and Maastricht in the southeastern Netherlands. Its main emphasis is on bachelor’s education, with 37 bachelor’s programmes, most taught in Dutch, and it offers 10 master’s programmes as of 2026. In the 2008 edition of the Keuzegids Hoger Onderwijs, it ranked first among 13 larger universities of applied sciences, with an average score of 6.85.