Why study games at NHTV Breda

• 240 students entering every year, allowing for personalised coaching
• international classroom, approximately 10% foreign students
• intercultural learning through education by Dutch and foreign professionals
• practice-oriented learning through close collaboration with the industry
• multidisciplinary approach in fully equipped Game Lab

Quality of Programme

Keuzegids HBO Voltijd 2012 (in Dutch) ranked this programme number 1 in its own category. In the research by Nationale Studentenenquête 2011 (Student Survey) students value the programme International Game Architecture and Design at NHTV very positively. See the results.

Distinctive feature 'quality of lecturers'

The national visitation committee of the NVAO has assessed the quality of the lecturers as excellent. The department succeeded very well in attracting inspiring and dedicated lecturers from the international industry. An efficient monitoring system and educational policy have been set up to ensure that the quality of teaching is preserved. Students experience their lecturers as inspiring and profound experts in their fields.

Distinctive feature 'focus on applied research'

A second distinctive feature of the study programme involves its focus on applied research. It is absolutely essential to keep pace with the rapid changes in the field, more distinctly even, the department wants to make a contribution to advancements in the field. The committee considers the intensity and quality of the applied research projects as an example to the entire higher education sector in the Netherlands, and therefore awards this distinctive feature to the study programme.