Bachelor in Built Environment

Design your own future!

Our society is constantly changing. The call for a liveable and sustainable living environment is strong. The challenge we face is to design our cities, villages and infrastructure in the best possible way. In the Built Environment programme, you will learn to (re)develop urban and rural areas, create sustainable and innovative traffic and transport systems, and translate plans into spatial designs. Design your own future!

Why BUas

• Unique and integral combination of mobility, urban planning, and urban design
• Real-life practical assignments in an informal learning community
• Small-scale education with one-to-one coaching

Learning community

In our learning community, you will learn to come up with sustainable and innovative solutions for spatial and societal challenges in cities and urban regions. You will learn how to design attractive cities, manage urban planning efficiently, influence people towards making clever transport choices and think and design strategically. To equip you for that, you will acquire theoretical and practical knowledge, and develop your professional skills. After an introductory phase, you will choose to specialize in Mobility, Urban Planning or Urban Design.

Each semester, you will work in teams on a real-life practical assignment from the industry in our LAB. You will do two 20-week placements and will partake in various field trips in the Netherlands and abroad. In our learning community, you will have a lot of opportunities and freedom to choose courses and study activities to create your own professional profile within your field of expertise.

Breda University of Applied Sciences is a medium-sized, government-funded higher education institute. More than 7,000 Dutch and international students from some 100 countries are studying at our institute. We offer bachelor’s and master’s programs at professional and academic levels in the domains of Games, Media, Hotel, Facility, Logistics, Built Environment, Tourism, and Leisure & Events.

Our subject areas are very much interconnected. Because of this you will get a broad education, notice connections between topics, and learn to create solutions coming from different angles.

We cooperate with businesses operating at the top of their fields. This means that you can get work placement positions at some of the big names in your field of expertise.

In our extensive international network, we cooperate with other universities and companies in education and research. To you, this means a lot of opportunities abroad. For instance exchanges, research projects, and field trips.

Entrepreneurship is at the core of our learning community. You are encouraged to start your own business, it can even be your graduation project!

We are internationally accredited by amongst others the UN World Tourism Organization, the World Leisure Organization, and the International Facility Management Association. Furthermore, we have an ECA certificate for Quality in Programme Internationalisation.

Our new and green campus is located near the center of the student city Breda. On campus, there are many opportunities for meeting people and getting inspired. The city itself is fun, safe, and internationally oriented.

Why study at Breda University of Applied Sciences

Studying abroad is a very good experience. You learn about other cultures and gain a greater understanding of the world.

Student services & facilities

Breda University of Applied Sciences offers several services and facilities for students.

There are many opportunities to meet and inspire each other on campus, in project spaces, labs, and studios, or just outside on a bench. In the former convent, you will find the library and a study and resource center including silent areas. The Hotel domain's in-school training company can also be found here, as well as the food courts and the Service Desk. Everywhere on campus, you can find a bite to eat, a place to work in silence, or to relax.

Each study program has its own project spaces, labs, workshops, and studios where students and lecturers can work. Additionally, there is an on-campus Innovation Square which offers space to enterprising graduating students and start-ups. All the necessary facilities are present so nothing gets in the way of creativity!

Playing some football, table tennis, and a game of chess. There are several sports and recreational facilities on campus for students and staff. Inside and outside. It is possible to produce radio shows and you can also make music in the Music Room!