Unleashing the potential of each student. That is the mission of Stenden University of Applied Sciences. Therefore you get a lot of personal support and plenty of opportunity to work on your personal development and to expand your horizons. At Stenden University we offer you an education that stimulates an inquisitive and inquiring mind. During your education you work on three skills that will help you make the difference: (1) Understanding tomorrow’s challenges – You will be working on your ability to understand problems that have a lasting impact on your future. In the education and research at Stenden, the focus is on the issues that are essential to the sustainability of a sector, community, geographic area, organisation or discipline. (2) Intercultural and international skills – You will learn to operate internationally and in different cultures so you can make the difference in tomorrow’s world: an international world. This is why Stenden University is an international and multi-cultural university, with over 90 nationalities attending, with offices in the Netherlands and internationally: a university that stimulates you to discover new worlds. (3) Cooperation and creating with others – You will develop your ability to work and create in a team with your co-students: internationally, inter-culturally, across fields of knowledge, etc. This gives you an important advantage for your future career. Within our ‘Problem-based’ education method, you will learn to create solutions for challenging issues in your chosen subjects. (Source: the university website)