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| Type | Public University of Applied Sciences |
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| Established | 1812 |
Administrative staff | 3,000 |
| Students | 35,000 |
| Location | , 51°35′02″N 4°47′50″E / 51.5839°N 4.7971°E |
| Campus | Breda 's-Hertogenbosch Tilburg |
| Colours | Avans Red, black & white[1] |
| Affiliations | Erasmus, UASNL, SURF |
| Website | avans |
Avans University of Applied Sciences (Dutch: Avans Hogeschool) is a Dutch high ranked vocational university. It is located in three cities: Breda, 's-Hertogenbosch, and Tilburg. The school has over 30,000 students studying 40 courses in 18 institutes. There are 3,000 employees.
Avans University of Applied Sciences itself was founded on 1 January 2004, as a union of Hogeschool 's-Hertogenbosch and Hogeschool Brabant in Tilburg, Breda, and Etten-Leur. Hogeschool Brabant itself was a union from 1988 of Hogeschool West-Brabant (Etten-Leur and Breda) and Hogeschool Midden-Brabant (Tilburg). The oldest branch of Avans University of Applied Sciences is the Kunstacademie in 's-Hertogenbosch, which was founded in 1812.
- ^ Huisstijlgids – website AVANS