Breda University of Applied Sciences
Bachelor in Built Environment
Breda, Netherlands
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Bachelor in Built Environment trains you to design livable, sustainable urban and rural environments. You learn to (re)develop areas, create sustainable transport systems, and translate plans into spatial designs. In a learning community you'll gain theoretical and practical knowledge, choose a specialization in Mobility, Urban Planning, or Urban Design, and work on industry projects and field trips.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work in urban design, transport planning, urban planning, sustainability consultancy, infrastructure design, and spatial policy. Employers include consultancies, government agencies, private design firms, and developers. Career opportunities include urban planner, mobility analyst, transport engineer, and urban designer.
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!
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.
7 December 2023
- 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
