NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences
Master's Learning & Innovation (special track International Teacher Education)
- Leeuwarden, Netherlands
- Online
Master degree
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 9,975 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning, On-Campus, Blended
* for non-EU/EEA students | EU/EEA students: EUR 2,601 per year
Key Summary
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Why choose the Learning and Innovation (International Teacher Education) program offered by NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences?
- Obtain your master’s degree in 2 years (part-time)
- Connect with other international teaching professionals in the field of education
- Receive a degree from NHL Stenden’s Department of International Teacher Education
- Study online for 3 specialization modules and take 4 core courses during the residential weeks
- Receive support to develop your research and academic writing skills through individual mentoring
Unique offering for the Netherlands
NHL Stenden offers first-year students a housing guarantee through its accommodation partners. Sign up on time, and you’ll easily find the right place for you. Check out our housing page for more information and the terms of our housing guarantee.
Your future
Become an innovator in the classroom or specialist in your subject area able to take on a variety of roles in international education.
Career opportunities
- Curriculum developer
- Curriculum coordinator
- Middle leader
- Education policy developer
- Schoolbased educational researcher
- Programme structure
The practical way you learn
The content, course tasks and assessments draw on contemporary research in international education. Opportunities to strengthen and hone research and academic writing skills are embedded in all courses, including on-going individual support by an experienced mentor, and culminating in a final summative assessment. This assessment allows students to identify and connect educational queries on classroom and/or school level through a critical investigation of the professional workplace in conjunction with a theoretical analysis on the topic of interest.
There’s a world to explore
Our international community brings together over 80 nationalities on our campuses. It’s an open environment that will help you broaden your horizons in many respects.
Course structure
At the start of your studies, you choose to specialise in either New Developments for Teaching and Learning in International Schools or International Educational Leadership and Change. The specialisation courses are offered online and all core courses are offered face-to-face during two summer residential periods in the Netherlands.
The content and tasks draw on trends and issues in the field and you make connections between these topics and your classroom and school contexts. Continue with your specialisation in two online modules, applying what you learn to practice in your own classroom. The final two core courses are offered on campus and you will submit your final research project by the following January.
If you are thinking about applying to NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, you may be eligible for a scholarship. NHL Stenden offers 2 different scholarships for Non-EU/EEA bachelor students.
NL Scholarship
The NL Scholarship is financed by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and Dutch research universities and universities of applied sciences. These scholarships award selected international undergraduate students from outside the EU/EEA with a one-time financial contribution of € 5000.
NHL Stenden Excellency Scholarship
The NHL Stenden Excellency Scholarship is a performance-based scholarship for 1st and 2nd year non-EU/EEA students at NHL Stenden.
All degrees offered by NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences are accredited by the NVAO in the Netherlands (The Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders).
NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences challenges its students, staff and partners to explore beyond existing solutions and possibilities, to discover and develop their talents so as to contribute to social progress.
- Learn using a practical approach, working in groups on assignments set by industry partners and developing usable solutions
- Get more international opportunities and spend part of your degree studying or doing your internship in a different country, drawing on our global network
- Get the most out of your studies with relatively low tuition rates, well-priced housing (and a housing guarantee) and homely and affordable student cities
The master’s is a two-year part-time programme that combines online specialization modules with residential core courses taught over three weeks in the summer (July) in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands.