HAS University related to the coronavirus
The health of students, staff and visitors is very important for HAS University of Applied Sciences, that is why we are closely monitoring developments related to coro...
15 December 2020
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Coronavirus More stringent measures from 16 december
Because of the current corona situation, the Dutch cabinet has decided to further tighten the existing corona measures from 16 December. As of Wednesday 16 December, H...
15 December 2020
HAS University of Applied Sciences participates in virtual trade mission to Southeast Asia
HAS University of Applied Sciences takes part in international trade missions on a regular basis, in search of new opportunities across the globe for us as an academic...
04 December 2020
Students research the possibility of cultivating oysters and lobsters at the Waterschans water defences in Bergen op Zoom
Recently, the Waterschans water defences in Bergen op Zoom, located on the old harbour estuary and part of the West Brabant Waterline, were completely renovated. Durin...
26 November 2020
Transition to a sustainable food system: HAS University of Applied Sciences coordinator of first Dutch transdisciplinary consortium
The three-year programme 'Transition to a sustainable food system' is being launched under the banner of the National Science Agenda, a broad consortium of 30 scientis...
24 November 2020
Marjo Baeten is the new coordinator of HAS International Projects
Seven years ago, HAS University of Applied Sciences established HAS International Projects (HIP), as a central coordination point for international projects. It has si...
09 November 2020
HAS University of Applied Sciences is ranked the 3rd medium-sized university of applied sciences in the Netherlands, according to Keuzegids Hbo 2021
HAS University of Applied Sciences is ranked the 3rd medium-sized university of applied sciences in the Netherlands in the Keuzegids Hbo 2021 when it comes to student...
12 October 2020
Departure of Dick Pouwels, Chairman Board of Governors HAS University of Applied Sciences
Dick Pouwels (1969), will be leaving his position as Chairman of the Board of Governors at HAS University of Applied Sciences on 1 January 2021. This follows his appoi...
01 October 2020
Study programme Geo Media & Design will become Applied Geo-Information Science
The bachelor degree programme ‘Geo Media & Design’ at HAS University of Applied Sciences will be renamed ‘Applied Geo-Information Science’. This is a logical consequen...
24 September 2020
HAS University of Applied Sciences is proud of the 15 alumni at the Food100 2020
‘Emerging talent and established leaders working daily for a better and more sustainable food system.’ This is how initiators Slow Food Youth Network, AgriFood Capital...
07 September 2020
HAS University is fit & well and looking forward to the new academic year with confidence
Despite corona measures that are making the start of this academic year so different to other years, HAS University of Applied Sciences is fit & well and looking forwa...
04 September 2020
Student Romy Baath is carrying out a replacement internship assignment for the lectorate Plant-soil Health
HAS University of Applied Sciences is doing its best to ensure that students incur as little study delay as possible during the corona crisis. Many students who had to...
07 July 2020
HAS University asked staff and students to complete a questionnaire about working and studying during corona time
What’s it like working or studying at HAS University during corona? To gain insight into this issue, in May we asked staff and students to complete a questionnaire. We...
22 June 2020
Student Maureen van Doorn carries out internship-replacement assignment for meal box provider Uitstreekend
HAS University of Applied Sciences is doing its best to ensure that students incur as little study delay as possible during the corona crisis. Many students who had to...
18 May 2020
HAS University researches the world of the entrepreneurial student
Last autumn, HAS University of Applied Sciences launched a research project to look at ways to improve entrepreneurial education. The starting point is the student's o...
04 May 2020
HAS University of Applied Sciences Online Open Day on 15 April
On 15 April 2020 from 15.00 to 21.00, HAS University of Applied Sciences will host an online open day for Dutch speaking prospective students. The physical open days o...
06 April 2020
HAS University is delighted with the €700,000 grant for the development of Delta Agrifood Business (DAB)
The municipality of Bergen op Zoom in the Southern Dutch province of Zeeland has been awarded a regional support grant of over €700,000 for the development of Delta Ag...
30 March 2020
Enhanced travel advice and instructions HAS University of Applied Sciences due to corona virus
As of March 14, 2020, the Executive Board of HAS University of Applied Sciences has amended the travel instructions for students who want to travel abroad.
14 March 2020
HAS University of Applied Sciences and Museum Van Bommel Van Dam host Inspiration Dinner on the future of pig farming
On Thursday 13 February HAS University of Applied Sciences and Museum van Bommel Van Dam hosted a special event: the Inspiration Diner. During the dinner a mix of stud...
06 March 2020
Sharing knowledge is essential for sustainable soil management
Healthy soil is a basic prerequisite for growing food, maintaining biodiversity and providing services such as water buffering and purification. The quality of Dutch s...
06 March 2020
André Kuipers: “Have you got a passion? Go for it! Draw up a plan. Because doing nothing won’t get you there.”
Getting youngsters to realise how much fun science and technology are, while also showing them just how vulnerable planet earth is: that’s André Kuipers’s mission. The...
18 February 2020
Interview: Anita Wouters and Albert Vermuë dedicated to their role on the Board of Trustees
New members were appointed to the HAS University of Applied Sciences Board of Trustees in both 2018 and 2019: Anita Wouters joined in April 2018 and Albert Vermuë in N...
23 January 2020
Research group Future Food Systems
The Future Food Systems research group is working on intervention strategies and new business models that accelerate the transition to sustainable food systems. In thi...
01 January 2020
Expertise & research centre in Sustainable Production
The Expertise & research centre in Sustainable Production primarily focuses on connecting education, the professional field and practical research in the area of Susta...
01 January 2020
Expertise & research centre in Protein Transition in Food
The primary goal of the ERC Protein Transition in Food is to contribute to the protein transition in the Netherlands. The focus is on plant-based proteins, but the ERC...
01 January 2020
Expertise & research centre in Precision Livestock Farming
The ERC focusses on the animal sector and specifically the technology and data that play a key role in animal husbandry.
01 January 2020
Kenyan project to improve the connection between education and business
HAS University of Applied Sciences is one of the Dutch educational institutions involved in the Kenyan project 'Enhancing Partnerships for Industry-led Vocational trai...
11 November 2019
HAS University 3rd best medium-sized university of applied sciences in the Netherlands, according to Dutch Keuzegids
In this year’s prestigious Elsevier 'Best study programmes in 2019' we are a commendable 6th place under the specialist universities of applied sciences.
05 November 2019
Interview: alumnus Zef Soogelee has worked on his own short marketing chain for 40 years
For a number of years now I have regularly ordered beef boxes from Hemels Vlees, Zef Soogelee’s farm in Ransdaal, Limburg. Zef graduated from the HAS University of App...
25 September 2019
Dutch Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Carola Schouten opens academic year 2019-2020
On Monday 9 September 2019, Dutch Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Carola Schouten was at HAS University of Applied Sciences in ‘s-Hertogenbosch to op...
10 September 2019
Marieke Schouten, Limgroup, Dairy Farm Custers-Keursten and LLTB win HAS Awards 2019
On 20 June, the 8th annual HAS Year Event was held at HAS University of Applied Sciences. The event included the presentation of the HAS Awards in 4 categories: Young...
04 July 2019
Erwin van Geenen appointed member of the Board of Governors at HAS University of Applied Sciences
His arrival on 15 August 2019 will mean that, with fellow board member, Liz Chermin and chairman, Dick Pouwels, the board is now complete and ready for the future.
03 June 2019
Interview: lecturer Maarten van Eeuwijk teaches entrepreneurship at Egerton University in Kenya
Maarten van Eeuwijk: “In Kenya, there’s a dire need for entrepreneurship, and organising a similar concept to that of HAS University of Applied Sciences is a huge chal...
27 May 2019
Top achievement with SustainaBul 2019: HAS University of Applied Sciences rises from 16th to 4th
The SustainaBul is a student initiative that rewards sustainability within education and produces the annual sustainability rankings.
27 May 2019
Become a member of the HAS Community of HAS University of Applied Sciences
This network site for anyone with ties to HAS University of Applied Sciences is no longer just a platform for alumni and members of staff, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year studen...
21 May 2019
Students develop Dutch turmeric and black pepper for increasing market
During the coming year, students from the Applied Biology and Horticulture & Arable Farming study programmes will be working on a research project as part of various f...
17 May 2019
Judith van de Mortel PhD, Professor in Plant-Soil Health at HAS University of Applied Sciences, holds inaugural speech
In her extraordinary presentation, all the guests travelled in an imaginary time machine to the year 2030, where Judith awaited them.
10 May 2019
Dutch and German students visit Van den Borne Potatoes
The field trip was part of an international exchange within the HAS University of Applied Sciences research programme Skills Lab Natural Farming.
25 April 2019
Major expansion of AgroProeftuin De Peel: HAS conducts long-term research projects
On Wednesday 13 February, the plots for the trials site’s expansion were marked out. Marnix Bakermans, the politician responsible for the agricultural transition on be...
18 March 2019
Blueprint Calf Rearing project makes it possible to successfully rear calves
Calves are the dairy cows of the future. Successfully rearing calves provides many advantages: less strain on the environment, lower costs and a more sustainable dairy...
14 February 2019
Students talk to Minister Carola Schouten during ‘Vision on vision week’
"She called us, ‘young farmers; the pride of agriculture‘ and said she was confident about the vision’s implementation. We really felt heard and understood.”
01 February 2019
Netherlands ranks #2 study abroad destination in Europe
The Netherlands has been named the #2 study abroad country in Europe and #7 in the world, according to new rankings released by higher education search portal, educati...
29 January 2019
The Nature Field combines agricultural production and developing nature
Last summer, ‘De Natuurakker’ (The Nature Field) was one of the 16 winners of the ‘Brood en Spelen’ (panem et circenses) design award. Two students from HAS Universit...
17 January 2019
Students working on export plan for partner companies in International Business module
In addition to study trips to Poland and Brussels, where students visited the European Parliament, participants in the module also work on drawing up an export plan.
11 December 2018
HAS University of Applied Sciences holds its first Online Open Day
HAS University of Applied Sciences holds several Open Days each year. This year, there will also be the first Online Open Day: on 3 December at 12.00 hr. This Online O...
09 November 2018
HAS University is once again the top university of applied sciences in the Netherlands
As in 2016 and 2017, HAS University of Applied Sciences is still in the top two in Elsevier and the Keuzegids HBO in terms of student satisfaction and quality of educa...
08 October 2018
Close involvement of HAS University with newly-opened Fresh Academy in Vietnam
The Fresh Academy in Vietnam has officially been launched. Dutch and Vietnamese partners have spent the past three years setting up this practical knowledge and traini...
19 January 2018
Soil passport: producing healthy and safe food starts with good-quality soil
HAS University and ZLTO carry out together a series of professional assignments aimed at producing a soil passport, as a tool to help maintain and improve the quality...
15 December 2016
Students help take Lucassen’s Astilbe ‘Look at Me’ to a new level
The Lucassen perennial plant nursery is a partner of the Venlo campus of HAS University of Applied Sciences. The company has been in the family for 3 generations and w...
27 June 2016
