| Application Deadline: | 15 July for EU Students; 15 June for non EU students | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 1,713 - ≈ € 7,650 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Flushing / Netherlands / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 4 months | Start Date: | September |
| Credits (ECTS): | 240 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
International Maintenance Management – Bachelor in Engineering is offered in cooperation with Avans Hogeschool. It is a broad-based, practice-oriented programme that offers international career opportunities.
Correct maintenance prolongs the working life of components and contributes to the sustainable use of materials and natural resources, to innovation and to cost cutting. International Maintenance Management focuses on more than technology alone; you are also trained in management and negotiating skills. In addition to the regular lessons, guest lectures by managers in international business, excursions and visits to companies, practical assignments and work placements provide relevant practical experience and real-life challenges.
International Maintenance Management is a broad-based, practice-oriented programme and offers international career opportunities. You will be trained to become a Maintenance professional. The programme comprises three important areas of expertise.
Technology
Technology naturally forms an important part of the programme, because maintenance professionals work with the most complex technical systems. During the programme, you will study among other things how to:
* * Design maintenance procedures
* Cope with technical specifications
* Make reliable predictions on operating life and replacement questions
* Gauge safety risks
* Assess tenders
Business Administration
Technological expertise alone is not sufficient for a Maintenance professional. Other factors are efficient processes, costs and returns. During the study programme, you will learn how to deal with:
* * Management processes and execution
* Quality control, legislation and regulations
* Managing material and information flows
* Planning, budgeting and cost analyses
* Logistical issues
Communication and Management
Maintenance is teamwork. For this reason we devote considerable attention to:
* * Management and leadership
* International business cultures and change management
* Ergonomics and health and safety
* Communication and project management
International scope
Maintenance professionals work in an international environment. To prepare you thoroughly for this:
All lectures are in English
We work with lecturers from the Netherlands and abroad
There are exchange projects with other colleges at university of applied sciences degree (HBO) level all over the world. You will be able to spend a semester studying abroad without any additional college fees!
Coorperation with the Business Community
International Maintenance Management is practice-oriented. During the programme we work along thematic lines with actual cases involving national and international concerns. Top international concerns are actively involved in developing the course work. During the programme there are guest lectures from leaders in the international business community. The excursions and visits to concerns provide a good picture of how your future will look in the near term. Practical assignments and an internship are naturally also part of your programme.
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testTo enrol in one of our 4-year Bachelor programmes, you must have:·
A qualification equivalent to a Dutch secondary education diploma with mathematics, biology, physics or chemistry or with economics and social sciences.that allows access to studying in higher education;·
A good command of spoken and written English. Your level of English should be equivalent to an IELTS score of 6.0.
| Minimal degree required: | High School diploma |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 550 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 213 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 80 |
Government-funded institute
HZ is a government-funded institute, which allows it to award officially recognised degrees and legally protected titles to graduates of its accredited programmes.To obtain government funding in the Netherlands, institutes must meet a number of quality requirements. All government-funded institutes are listed in CROHO, the Central Register of Higher Education Programmes.
All the English-language bachelor programmes of HZ University of Applied Sciences have been accredited by the Dutch-Flemish Accreditation Organization (NVAO). The bachelor programmes are entitled to issue bachelor degrees within their own domains. This way, they fit in with level 6 of the European Reference Framework for Education. HZ is a government-funded educational institute and all the bachelor programmes are registered with the national Centrale Register Opleidingen Hoger Onderwijs (CROHO) (Central Register for Higher Education Programmes). The bachelor programmes meet the European standards and the bachelor diplomas are recognized in the EER.
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